2025 Blue Ink Award Winner Announced

2025 Blue Ink Award Winner Announced

Congratulations to Alyssa Haddad-Chin, winner of the 2025 Blue Ink Award for You Should Be So Lucky. As part of the award, Haddad-Chin receives a $3,000 cash prize, a staged reading directed by Helen Young at American Blues Theater on August 9, and the opportunity to...
Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl

Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! HOW DOES THE CLUB WORK? Admission is free. Registration required. There are 2 sessions per book. Professional artists read sections of the book and members discuss. Apr 22, 2025 (6:30-8:00pm) – in person @ 5627...
Inclusion & Allyship

Inclusion & Allyship

Are you doing the work of anti-racism? Would you like to gain more skills and build on what you’ve started? Join us for a workshop on Inclusion and Allyship, taught by Artistic Affiliate and Belonging Specialist Tania Richard (award-winning author, actor, and...
The Real Time – April 5, 2025

The Real Time – April 5, 2025

Join us for our next Commons event! Back for an encore is Ensemble member Ian Paul Custer’s band The Real Time. Saturday, April 5 @ 7:00 PM The show runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission. Following the concert, feel free to stay in the lobby and...
2025 RIPPED FESTIVAL

2025 RIPPED FESTIVAL

2025 Ripped Festival (via Zoom) Monday, Apr 14 @ 7:00 PM Central Zoom reading directors – Manny Buckley* & Elyse Dolan* Zoom reading actors – Venice Averyheart, Liz Chidester*, Bryanna Ciera Colón*, Elisabeth Del Toro, Camille Robinson*, Jamia Taylor,...
2025-2026 Season General Auditions

2025-2026 Season General Auditions

In-person appointments for AEA and non-union performers are available. We also accept all video submissions. LOCATION American Blues Theater 5627 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60659 AUDITION DATES / TIMES By appointment only: Thursday, April 24 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM General...
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