Overcoming the poverty and racism of his youth, Hugh Hill triumphed in the world of academia receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, then going on to the Yale School of Drama (MFA) and Union Graduate School (PhD). A military officer, a budding playwright and actor, an ordained minister, Hugh Hill heard a different calling. His metamorphosis into Brother Blue created something new and miraculous. Before storytelling was recognized as an art, Brother Blue brought together the improvisation of jazz, the word-magic of poetry, gesture and dance to create stories that speak from soul to soul. Then, clothed in butterflies, he took the path of the holy fool, taking his tales where they are most needed. On the streets and on stages, in pulpits and prisons, Brother Blue lives his art, risks it all, gives it all, to awaken sleepers and heal this broken world.
