Cheryl lynn bruce biography kristen

She’s worked with Tony-Award winning director Frank Galati and was part of the Jeff Award-winning “From the Mississippi Delta,” which got off-Broadway backing from Oprah Winfrey. Theater colleagues have described her as “passionate,” “fiercely intelligent,” and above all, “Chicago royalty.”

Actress Cheryl Lynn Bruce can check off a laundry list of accomplishments in film, TV and stage, but on a recent Tuesday afternoon while working on “The Old Settler,” the first all-black production at Glencoe’s prestigious Writers’ Theatre, she became a singer.

During a lull in rehearsal for the John Henry Redwood play, the Ink Spots’ “If I Didn’t Care” starts to trickle from some speakers.

“I love this song!” exclaims Bruce, belting out buttery vocals.

“If I didn’t care more than words can say, If I didn’t care would I feel this way?”

She sings. All the wh