Jerico Bleu is an actor/writer originally from East Tennessee. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree from Columbia College Chicago. While in Chicago his documentary style solo show Biscuits & Bullshit was featured in MPAACT’s Solo Jamz Festival at the Greenhouse Theatre. His written work has been seen at The Barrow Group, Naked Angels, and Prop Theatre. In 2018 his horror short Kin-Dread was screened at Chicago's Music Box Theater as a part of their 24 hour film festival. Recently Jerico was a part of the Jackalope Theatre Playwrights LAB, while his short film Hissy Fits won Best LGBTQ short at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival
Plays
Hissy Fits centers around a mother (Leigha) fighting to understand her son as he blooms into his sexuality. We follow Leigha over the course of 30 years as she faces the challenges of raising a gay son.
Imaginary Species is about how abuse, anxiety, and trauma can feel like a physical manifestation that haunts you for your entire life. Tim, a timid intellect, has been followed by a dark figure since his youth. In a desperate attempt to relieve himself of the monster's presence Tim makes a plan to kill the source of the trauma by returning to his home town and confronting his abuser (Tabitha). With the help of his close friends Tim seeks revenge on Tabitha by dressing as a clown and following her around a small southern town.
Electric Skin centers around a couple desperate to resolve their relationship issues, so they seek couples counseling from the latest in technological innovation, the TherapyNow machine.
In the late 1980s a group of southern ladies are filled with panic when a new family moves into their cul de sac. Upon hearing of the family’s agnostic beliefs the group decides to make a video about the dangers of satanic rituals.
Successes
The Christian Ethics Committee was a part of Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Voices of Appalachia Play Festival in West Virginia
Hissy Fits was part of Vivid Stage Summer Solos
Christian Ethics Committee was part of Chain Theatre's 2023 One Act Festival
Electric Skin was a part of the Naked Angels: Tuesdays @9 reading series
Electric Skin was a part of The Barrow Group's First Friday reading series