E.Faye Butler
Actresss.Singer.Entertainer.Director
Up Coming Events 2023
Marie and Rosette
(Directed By E. Faye Butler)
Northlight Theatre
July 6 - August 6, 2023
Skokie, IL
Society of Nacirema
Goodman Theatre
September 16 - October 15, 2023
Chicago, IL
The Great Gatsby
Hong Kong Ballet
Hong Kong Performing Arts Centre
October 31 - November 5, 2023
Hong Kong, China
E. Faye Butler is an accomplished and decorated theater actress and singer who is proud to call Chicago her home. She has performed around the globe to international acclaim. Her many awards include 7 Joseph Jefferson Awards, A 2016 Guy Adkins Award Excellence in Advancement of Music Theatre, A 2016 Rosetta Le Noire Award, 2 Helen Hayes Awards, a Barrymore Award, 4 Black Theatre Alliance Awards, an Excellence in the Arts Award, an Ovation Award, a RAMI Award, After Dark Award, Kathryne V. Lampkey Award, Black Excellence Award and the 2011 Sarah Siddons Award. In 2012, she was inducted into the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Also a recipient of the Lunt-Fontaine Fellowship. She has her own CD called “Circle of Firsts” and performs her own cabaret concerts and theaters across the country and internationally.
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Fannie Speak On It!
E.Faye Butler as Fannie Lou Hamer
Performed in Chicago and Washington D.C.
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Playwright: Cheryl L. West
Director: Henry Godinez
Musical Director and Composer: Felton Offard
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© 2015 by Kristine Butler