E. Faye Butler’s career spans over 35 years in the entertainment industry. Ms. Butler is an Actress –Singer. Most importantly, she is an entertainer with an extraordinary gift to capture an audience and put them in the palm of her hands.
Ms. Butler performs in concert halls, club venues, corporate events, cabarets and theatres across the country and internationally. EFO Orchestra is E. Faye’s baby organized in 2010. EFO can accommodate your every need. From piano for intimate affair, to her eleven piece orchestra complete with a full horn section for an event.
Ms. Butler travels the country with her cabaret shows and concert series including: American standards, jazz, blues, R&B, gospel and musical theatre. An Evening with E.Faye “Just In Time, The Ladies Who Lunch, Happy Holidays, The Party’s Over, and Valentines For the Lonely Heart. She continues to create and develop new and captivating shows.
The Kennedy Center, Harmon Hall, Mayne Theatre, Blues Alley, Strathmore Music Center, Beacon Theatre, Chicago Blues Festival, Ten Chimneys, Northlight Theatre, Centerstage, BET Soundstage Room 43, Sahara Hotel, Allegro Hotel, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Midway Theatre, Butterfly Club, Warner Theatre, Teatro in La Habana are among the many concert venues, theatres, jazz clubs and music festivals E. Faye has performed.
Many audiences recognize E.Faye from her theatre career. Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Victory Gardens, Northlight Theatre, Court Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Centerstage, Chicago Shakespeare, Congo Square, Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Maine State, Sacramento Music Theatre, and PaperMill Playhouse are among the theatres E.Faye has performed. As well as Off Broadway National and Regional tours Mamma Mia, Ain’t Misbehavin, Dinah Was, Nunsense and Nunsense II, Cope….
Recipient of six Joseph Jefferson Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards, R.A.M.I. Award, John Barrymore Award, Ovation Award, Sarah Siddons Leading Lady Award, After Dark Award, Excellence in the Arts, four Black Theatre Alliance Awards, Black Alliance Award, Lunt=Fontaine Fellowship, Kathryn V. Lampkey Award, inducted into the Women in the Arts Museum in Washington D.C.
Adding to her repertoire are 2 CD’s most recently
“ A Circle of Firsts” and 2003 “E. Faye at the Midway Theatre” as well as “Second City Divas”
No matter what your needs E. Faye can accommodate. A birthday celebrations or a corporate event. For further information and to view performances please visit www.e-fayebutler.com, E. Faye Butler on Facebook, or simple type in E. Faye Butler on You Tube, or Instagram.