Artists Breaking Limits and Expectations is a Chicago-based NFP that offers performing arts opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome and other cognitive disabilities. They believe that everyone is ABLE to connect, ABLE to contribute and ABLE to create. We all know that the arts provide an inimitable platform for individuals to develop their own unique voices, and build the confidence and skills needed to share who they are and all that they are ABLE to do.http://www.ableensemble.com A.B.L.E.’s past performances have ranged from Shakespeare to Dickens. Their next play will be Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, which is a play about courage and virtue and the recognizing of inner beauty. As part of this play their ensemble will work together to create their own stories about what people see of them from the outside and what “gems” they have inside.