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ABLE's punk-inspired re-telling of the classic tale blends music, movement, and scenes devised by the group into a powerful exploration of ambition, isolation, and the balance between the head and the heart.
Learn how our ensemble adapted this classic work for a modern audience, and experience our play-based approach to developing work for, with, and by disabled and neurodivergent performers.
ABLE's punk-inspired re-telling of the classic tale blends music, movement, and scenes devised by the group into a powerful exploration of ambition, isolation, and the balance between the head and the heart.
ABLE's punk-inspired re-telling of the classic tale blends music, movement, and scenes devised by the group into a powerful exploration of ambition, isolation, and the balance between the head and the heart.
Learn what A.B.L.E. is all about at a free Open Studio session. Meet our team, play some favorite games, and learn how to play a part.
Learn what A.B.L.E. is all about at a free Open Studio session. Meet our team, play some favorite games, and learn how to play a part.
ABLE’s Monday ensemble - including 10 actors with disabilities - presents a one-night-only cabaret of original acts from dance to music to mime and more!
ABLE’s Spring 2025 Sunday Ensemble will unveil high-tech gizmos like the Robo-matic and the Clown Canon designed to fill your every need…you might even get to invent something of your own!
Join A.B.L.E.’s 2025 Professional Development Series. These public masterclasses are designed for anyone who wants to make their corner of the world more inclusive - whether in the rehearsal room, classroom, board room, or any place in between! In this practical, interactive session, we'll explore how you can reach a wider audience with accessible marketing content - from social media, to emails, to web design.
Experience our first feature film on the big screen for the first time in 10 years!
Learn what A.B.L.E. is all about at a free Open Studio session. Meet our team, play some favorite games, and learn how to play a part.
Tune in from your own home to for an electrifying, interactive adventure with ABLE's virtual ensemble
Using their own lives as inspiration, the Sunday ensemble will present a personal and thought-provoking collection of scenes, movement pieces, and songs about how we invent ourselves out in the world.
Our Monday ensemble will use personal reflections, improv activities, and movement exercises to develop original characters and scenes for a unique showcase.
Join ABLE for a free public workshop as part of Chicago's largest public art festival.
In one of our most popular Professional Development trainings, we’ll explore the language we use to talk about disability and how we can encourage more inclusive communities where we live, work, and play.
A.B.L.E. invites teaching artists, directors, and educators to join us for an interactive session exploring A.B.L.E.’s unique approach to building original productions with a neurodiverse ensemble.
Learn what A.B.L.E. is all about on our Open Studio Days. Meet our team, play some favorite games, and learn how to play a part.
Learn what A.B.L.E. is all about on our Open Studio Days. Meet our team, play some favorite games, and learn how to play a part.
A.B.L.E's production weaves music, movement, shadow puppetry, and scenes devised by the group into a powerful and joyful celebration of the choices we make, and the challenges we face along our journey. This new, vibrant adaptation features a neurodiverse cast of 44 performers, including 24 actors with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Set sail with A.B.L.E.’s virtual ensemble as we premiere our latest innovative digital project - Into the Underworld!
Join our fall 2023 ensembles for a special theatrical journey this winter.
A.B.L.E. joins longtime partner Chicago Shakespeare Theater and other local arts organizations to welcome Little Amal - a 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee child as part of her journey across the United States.
Gather around the campfire with the A.B.L.E. ensembles for an exclusive one-night-only event as we screen our Zoom project - The Forms of Things Unknown - on the big screen for the very first time!
Volunteer for a fun day out in our community to support A.B.L.E.!
Get gear for your next dance party or whatever moves you at this private shopping event to support A.B.L.E.
A multimedia version of Shakespeare’s comedy, updated for our social-media obsessed times. The Virtual Ensemble will narrate the tale for us as the Sunday Ensemble takes the stage Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
A multimedia version of Shakespeare’s comedy, updated for our social-media obsessed times. The Virtual Ensemble will narrate the tale for us as the Monday Ensemble takes the stage Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Romeo & Juliet Remix is a larger-than-life project full of colorful animation, original music, and a lot of passion, but we've only ever been able to watch it from our own homes on a computer screen...until now.
Join A.B.L.E.’s Tuesday ensemble for the premiere of their original stories The Forgotten Memories of Aldis Radinaher and The Famous Artist Kingdom of Mal Bublé in a one-night-only livestream event on YouTube.
Join A.B.L.E.’s Monday ensemble for the premiere of their original stories 2021: A Space Odyssey and The Story of Charlie Devil-Jansen in a one-night-only livestream event on YouTube.
Join A.B.L.E.’s Sunday ensemble for the premiere of their original stories The Chronicles of Sally Marcelline Frankenstein and The Ballad of a Community Hero in a one-night-only livestream event on YouTube.
Join A.B.L.E.’s Friday ensemble for the premiere of their original stories Chloe the Waterpower Space Cat and Mavis and the Missing Musical Mayor in a one-night-only livestream event on YouTube.
Celebrate A.B.L.E.’s short story collection - O for a Muse - with the artists who created it!
Download the fifth and final volume of our original short story collection
Meet us on Facebook Live for the 5th and final episode of our original webseries!
