Reuben Echoles

Reuben Echoles is an accomplished playwright, director, choreographer, illustrator, costume and wig designer. He has had the pleasure of working with many theater companies across the country and in the Chicagoland area such as ETA, Black Ensemble, Mmpact, Congo Square, Refuge, Porchlight Music Theater, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Skylight Milwaukee, Writers Theater, Theo Ubique, Invictus, The Goodman Theater, Phoenix Theater Company and Studio One Dance Theater, just to name a few. His most recent projects include wig Design for DREAMGIRLS at Paramount Aurora and North Carolina Theatre Company as well as Costume Design for YOU CAN’T FAKE THE FUNK which was featured at The National Black Theater Festival and earned Rueben a Joseph Jefferson award for best costume design in a Large Theater. Rueben has also designed costumes for 4 Episodes for WTTW’s Chicago Stories docu- series, two of which (IDA B. WELLS and THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL) have won Emmys for best production. Rueben would like to Thank Christ his Savior for Everything!