OUR TEAM
Welcome to the American Blues team. Learn more about our Ensemble, Artistic Affiliates, Staff, and Board of Directors. Originally founded in 1985, we are the second-oldest professional Equity Ensemble theater in Chicago. Reorganized in 2009, we are a multi-generational company committed to our mission – to produce new and classic diverse stories that ask the question: “What does it mean to be American?”
THE ENSEMBLE
July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
DAWN BACH
AUDREY BILLINGS
MATTHEW BRUMLOW
MANNY BUCKLEY
DARA CAMERON
CASEY CAMPBELL
DARREN CANADY
LIZ CHIDESTER
DENNIS COCKRUM
AUSTIN COOK
IAN PAUL CUSTER
ELYSE DOLAN
JARED GOODING
MARTY HIGGINBOTHAM
PHILIP EARL JOHNSON
JOSLYN JONES
LINDSAY JONES
STEVE KEY
ED KROSS
WARREN LEVON
MICHAEL MAHLER
HEATHER MEYERS
JIM ORTLIEB
CARA PARRISH
SUZANNE PETRI
CAMILLE ROBINSON
EDITHA ROSARIO-MOORE
CHUCK SMITH
J.G. SMITH
ZACHARY STEVENSON
MICHAEL TRUDEAU
DENZEL TSOPNANG
WANDACHRISTINE
GWENDOLYN WHITESIDE
EMERITI & IN MEMORIAM
ARTISTIC AFFILIATES
July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
ERIC BACKUS
DEXTER BULLARD
TYSON CARTER
GLORIA BOND CLUNIE
BRYANNA CIERA COLON
JOE COURT
TOM DANIEL
PAUL DEZIEL
KRISTOFFER DIAZ
AJAX DONTAVIUS
TOM GERATY
ATLIE GILBERT
MAYA LOU HLAVA
MACKENZIE JONES
HALENA KAYS
ZACH KENNEY
CISCO LOPEZ
RICHARD LUNDY
MARTEL MANNING
KATARZYNA MULLER
FLACO NAVAJA
JON HUDSON ODOM
SHAYNA PATEL
TANIA RICHARD
WILLIAM ANTHONY SEBASTIAN ROSE II
EILEEN ROZYCKI
GRANT SABIN
RICK SIMS
CHARLES SMITH
JAMES STILL
ANA VELAZQUEZ
NATE WALCZYK
ADRIENNE WALKER
LILY WALLS
LEADERSHIP
Staff DirectoryGwendolyn (Wendy) Whiteside joined the Ensemble in 1998 and has served as the executive artistic director since 2010.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
ERIC BERG
MANNY BUCKLEY
KIMBERLEE HEROLD
MICHAEL LEVINSON
CHRIS MOTOGAWA
RAMA RANGANATHAN
EDITHA ROSARIO-MOORE
GWENDOLYN WHITESIDE
BURT X. ROSENBERG
CHIP PRINGLE
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