Rueben Echoles biography

Rueben Echoles

At Writers Theatre: Pearl's Rollin' With the Blues: A Night with Felicia P. Fields

Rueben is an accomplished playwright, director, choreographer, and designer. He is an Associate Artistic Director for Black Ensemble Theater and has been since 2005. Rueben has had the pleasure of working with many theater companies across the country and in the Chicagoland area such as ETA creative Arts Foundation (Director/Choreographer/Costume designer Showfolk TYA, Co playwright with Euseni Eugene Perkins Voices of HIV) Congo Square, Refuge, Porchlight Music Theater (Costume Designer), Paramount (Asst. Wig Designer) and Studio One Dance Theater (Playwright, Director, Creative Consultant 2003 – present), just to name a few. His most recent projects include Call Me Madam (Costume Design PMT), A New Attitude, In Tribute to Patti Labelle, My Brothers Keeper: The story of the Nicholas Brothers and The Last Dancer Standing (Playwright/Director/Choreographer, Black Ensemble Theater). Rueben is thrilled to be a part of this amazing project!

[Bio as of July 2022]