Articles tagged with: Greenhouse Theatre Center
Theater 2014-15: American Blues parlays pluck and alliance to create new take on ‘Native Son’
![Theater 2014-15: American Blues parlays pluck and alliance to create new take on ‘Native Son’ At American Blues Theater, 'Side Man' by Warren Leight is set for 2015.](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/American-Blues-Theater-Side-Man-by-Warren-Leight-is-set-for-2015-125x125.jpg)
13th in a series of season previews: Season themes can sometimes seem like a loose fit, but American Blues Theater’s 2014-15 overarching concept of “Lost and Found” looks well-tailored from a world-premiere adaptation of Richard Wright’s tragic “Native Son” to Warren Leight’s “Side Man,” a dark riff on family alienation that infects the life of a jazz trumpeter. But artistic director Gwendolyn Whiteside also offers a larger label that sums up American Blues’ 29-year history: “We’ve got pluck. We don’t have a lot of money, but we go for the stars.”