Congo Square ensemble members say in letter that the prominent Black theater was quietly dissolved

Congo Square ensemble members say in letter that the prominent Black theater was quietly dissolved

Congo Square Theatre Company, a prominent Black ensemble theater group that has produced work in Chicago for a quarter century, has quietly been dissolved by its board of directors, according to an open letter posted on Facebook Sunday by the ensemble.Ensemble members confirmed the authenticity of the letter to WBEZ/Sun-Times and said they were prompted to write it, in part, after learning through lawyers that $240,000 of company money allegedly…