by Blues | Jul 22, 2022 | Blue Ink Playwriting Award, News
Winner of the 2022 Blue Ink Award for playwriting. Spanning decades, this heartrending play explores the complex relationship between three generations of women: Loretta Reaper, a middle-aged Black woman, her grown spitfire daughter, Nell, and her starry-eyed...
by Blues | Jun 13, 2022 | News, The Room
“Selected for The Room in February and long before last month’s tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde thrust America’s gun violence epidemic back into the national spotlight, Scott Organ’s 17 Minutes feels even more urgent than ever.” —...
by Blues | Jun 6, 2022 | Fences, News
DOWNLOAD PDF | OPEN IN BROWSER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES For those seeking counseling or a safe space to heal from emotional or racial trauma, below are some resources that can help provide you with the tools and information that you may need. Association of Black...
by Blues | Jun 6, 2022 | Fences, News
Hello and Welcome to American Blues Theater’s production of Fences, In 2018, I directed a production of Hamlet at The Gift Theatre in Chicago. At the center of it was an astounding performance by Daniel Kyri playing a young black man wrestling with the weight of...
by Blues | Jun 1, 2022 | The Ripped Festival
Read 30 short works inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. We’re thrilled to celebrate these writers and short plays during the month of June. Come back each week to read the latest offerings from local and national...
