Ariel Blue, a well-known member of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, was recently featured in Big Sexy, Fences and Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul at WBTT, and Motherless in New York. She was also featured in The Know Women (Sarasota) magazine. Her many appearances on the WBTT stage include Ain’t Misbehavin’, Sistas in the Name of Soul, The Amen Corner, Purlie and Soul Man.
Blue has produced three of her own one-woman shows, most recently, Love’s Boulevard. Ariel has worked consistently with WBTT since her breakout role in Hot Mikado in 2007. Other memorable shows include Little Shop of Horrors, Dreamgirls, Avenue Q, The Wiz, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, All Shook Up, Disenchanted, Love Sung in the Key of Aretha, and Beehive: The Musical.
Ariel has been fortunate to perform at the National Black Theatre Festival with WBTT in three productions: How I Got Over (2017), Soul Man (2019), Soul Crooners featuring Sisters in The Name of Soul (2022). She has performed as a vocalist in the Connelli Circus in Switzerland and with the Florida Studio Theatre Improv. Ariel was also a contributing performer for the Sarasota-Manatee community’s Suffragist Project in 2020. She is a graduate of Stetson University with a major in communications and a minor in theatre. In addition to performing, Ariel is an Aunt to two wonderful humans: Hovan & Hadara.