E.Faye Butler
Actresss.Singer.Entertainer.Director
Up Coming Events 2024
Chicago Blues Festival
Dinah Washington Tribute
June 8, 2024
Millenium Park
Showtime 5pm
Chicago, IL
(Preforming)
Ain't Misbehavin
Drury Lane Theatre
OakBrook, IL
June 30 - August 18, 2024
Chicago, IL
(Directing)
Beyond the Door
Tender Touch Productions
Beverly Arts Center
Chicago, IL
September 13-15, 2024
(Directing)
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.
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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