American Blues Theatre Announces SHINSAI: THEATER FOR JAPAN Benefit
American Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago’s second oldest Equity Ensemble, is set to participate in a global benefit for the people of Japan, SHINSAI: Theatre for Japan, Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m. at the Richard Christiansen Theater in Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 North Lincoln Ave. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 with 100% of the proceeds going to SHINSAI. For tickets and more information go to www.americanbluestheater.com or call 312.725.4228.
ABT joins Manhattan Theater Club, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons and theaters throughout the world commemorating the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan. The Japan Playwrights Association will disperse the proceeds from this one-day-only event to the Japanese theater community affected by the disaster. The event features 10 minute plays and music commissioned by major American and Japanese artists including Edward Albee, Richard Greenberg, Naomi Iizuka, Tony Kushner, Doug Wright, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Stephen Sondheim and Suzan-Lori Parks. From a selection of the commissioned works, ABT will perform live readings.
