True Blue Annual Fund

True Blue Annual Fund

Your incredible support through past attendance, donations, and in-kind contributions enables us to reopen for in-person productions. We proudly share our 20th anniversary of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! at a new rental venue. Please consider investing in...
2021 Dead Ringers for Dead Singers

2021 Dead Ringers for Dead Singers

American Blues Theater invites you to a costume party! Featuring cocktails, prizes, and live music from beyond the graves, with musical host “Bloody Holly” (Artistic Affiliate Zachary Stevenson). Guests encouraged to wear costumes* to compete for prizes...

2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival

We’re proud to announce the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award to Refugee Rhapsody by Yussef El Guindi. Featured finalists include An Educated Guess by Juan Alfonso, The Machine by Matthew Libby, The Good Samaritan by Wendy MacLeod, and The Buzzer by chandra...

Classes for the Masses – Session 4

For all ages – improve your craft or learn a new skill. This is your opportunity to level up! Pay-what-you-can and scholarships available. Send all questions to Classes@AmericanBluesTheater.com. Download PDF | Open in browser INSTRUCTORS BIOGRAPHIES ZACHARY...
REFUGEE RHAPSODY

REFUGEE RHAPSODY

SYNOPSIS: Winner of the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award. Sakinah, an Arab American woman, undergoes a mental health evaluation to determine what led to the violent crime she committed against Emily, a rich heiress. The play explores race, class, privilege, and how...
THE GREAT AMERICAN (and French) SONGBOOK

THE GREAT AMERICAN (and French) SONGBOOK

SYNOPSIS: Join Ensemble Member and award-winning cabaret artist Suzy Petri for the great classics of Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Lieber & Stoller, Kander & Ebb, Fats Waller, Oscar Brown Jr., and a little French for Bastille Day! This one-time event will take...