The Cast and Crew of A.B.L.E.’s original devised show Are You Still Watching? poses at the front of the stage at The Watts Theater at DePaul University. Two ensembles came together for this production about how assumptions - both good and bad - shape our lives.

photo by Mariana Gongora, 2019

The cast of O for a Muse Part 1 poses for a casual group picture at the front of the stage of The Watts Theatre at DePaul University. Actors are wearing maroon t-shirts with the A.B.L.E. logo, and facilitators are wearing black t-shirts with the A.B.L.E. logo.

photo by Mariana Gongora, 2019

A.B.L.E. co-founder and teaching artist Lawrence Kern kneels on the floor with actors Emily Kwidzinski and Benjamin Collins. They are looking at a giant piece of paper and a prop skull discussing ideas for an original story.

photo by Katie Yohe, 2019

Actor Samuel Floersheimer holds a lantern high in his left hand and stretches his right hand out to a fellow actor in a scene from Are You Still Watching?

photo by Mariana Gongora, 2019

Actors and facilitators take a bow after A.B.L.E.’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. They are holding hands and smiling. From Left to Right: Jenna Rapisarda, Lucas Miezal, Lindsay Stock, Emma MacLean, Claire O’Leary

photo by Liz Lauren, 2018

A.B.L.E. actor Jack Butler comes onstage as the character Montfleury in Cyrano de Bergerac at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He has both fists raised in the air welcoming the applause and adoration of the crowd!

photo by Liz Lauren, 2018

Actors Benjamin Collins and Mila Medina smile at the camera. They are getting ready for A.B.L.E.’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

photo by Liz Lauren, 2018

Actor Natalia Janik practice sign language for the song “True Colors” in a rehearsal for A.B.L.E.’s devised show Gems Unseen

photo by Matt Maxwell, 2017

Actor Maria Meyer holds a news reporter’s microphone and A.B.L.E. Executive Artistic Director Katie Yohe holds up a cardboard cutout of a TV set in rehearsals for Gems Unseen.

photo by Matt Maxwell, 2017

Jack Butler and Marissa Bloodgood make silly faces for a scene in Gems Unseen.

photo by Matt Maxwell, 2017

Quincy holds up a peace sign for the camera in a rehearsal.

photo by Matt Maxwell, 2017