Organizations Filed Purposes:
American Blues Theater is a premier arts organization with an intimate environment that patrons, artists, and all Chicagoans call home. American Blues Theater explores the American identity through the plays it produces and communities it serves. American Blues Theater follows three guiding values both on and off its stages to be accessible, responsible, and true.
Explores the American identity through the plays it produces and communities it serves.
The Organization is committed to developing the classic plays and musicals of tomorrow. More than half of the Organization's mainstage productions are world and Chicago premieres. The Organization's new play development consists of a variety of programs - including world and Chicago premieres, the nationally-recognized Blue Ink Playwriting Award, Blueprint play development, and annual Ripped: the Living Newspaper Festival of new short-plays. The Organization's diverse and multi-generational 31-member Ensemble has nearly 600 combined years of collaboration on stage. The Organization's artists are honored with Pulitzer Prize nominations, Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, and numerous other accolades.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gwendolyn Whiteside | Director | 60 | $81,000 |
| Editha Rosario | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Rama Ranganathan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Levinson | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Keith A Karlson Esq | President | 3 | $0 |
| Kimberlee Herold | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| David Coffin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Phil Calian | Vice President | 3 | $0 |
| Manny Buckley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Burton X Rosenberg | Vice President | 3 | $0 |
| Kathy Smith | Director | 1 | $0 |
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