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Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) is a non-profit theatre company founded in June 2007 by Wren T. Brown [1] [2] and the late Israel Hicks. [3] ERT is the resident company and operator of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, [ 4 ] a 400-seat regional theatre in Los Angeles, California's Mid-City community.
New Heritage Theatre Group (NHTG) is the oldest Black nonprofit theater company in New York City, established in 1964.Through its multiple divisions: IMPACT Repertory Theatre, The Roger Furman Reading Series, and New Heritage Films, New Heritage gives training, exposure, and experience to new and emerging artists, playwrights, directors and technicians of color. [1]
Over the course of more than 300 productions, the National Black Theater has earned more than 45 AUDELCO Black Theatre Excellence Awards, and continues to be a successful institution of African-American theater. [15] By 1986, the theatre was recognized as one of the most important arts institutions in America by President Ronald Reagan.
Kuntu Repertory Theatre was a primarily student-based, African-American repertory theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Dr. Vernell A. Lillie founded it in 1974 at the University of Pittsburgh as a way of showcasing the playwright Rob Penny .
The American Negro Theatre (ANT) was co-founded on June 5, 1940 by playwright Abram Hill and actor Frederick O'Neal. [1] Determined to build a "people's theatre", they were inspired by the Federal Theatre Project's Negro Unit in Harlem and by W. E. B. Du Bois' "four fundamental principles" of Black drama: that it should be by, about, for, and near African Americans.
Pages in category "African-American theatre companies" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[9] [14] This theatre took place in the very same theatre that its predecessor, the Krigwa Players utilized. The group continued to follow Du Bois's philosophy of African-American drama, that "The Negro Art Theatre should be (1) a theatre about us, (2) a theatre by us, (3) a theatre for us and (4) a theatre near us."
This style influenced the proliferation of African American art during the twentieth century. The poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is widely recognized as the founder of BAM. [8] In 1965, he established the Black Arts Repertory Theatre School (BART/S) in Harlem. [9]