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The Bronx is Next is a play by Sonia Sanchez, written and published in 1968. [1] Set in an immediate future where the Revolution has broken out [2] in the slums of New York and residents set their own tenements on fire, [3] the play presents a "portrait of Black people who must face certain truths about themselves in terms of their relationships to each other, to the revolution, and to ‘the ...
"The Revolutionary Theatre" is a 1965 essay by Baraka that was an important contribution to the Black Arts Movement, discussing the need for change through literature and theater arts. He says: "We will scream and cry, murder, run through the streets in agony, if it means some soul will be moved, moved to actual life understanding of what the ...
Robey Theatre Company was founded in 1994 by Danny Glover and Ben Guillory.It takes its name from the pioneering Black actor and activist, Paul Robeson.Robey's mission is to explore and develop relevant, provocative, and innovative new plays written about the Black American experience, as well as to reinterpret established works.
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.
By 1986, the theatre was recognized as one of the most important arts institutions in America by President Ronald Reagan. [2] [15] Former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo acknowledged The National Black Theatre as "one of New York State’s greatest cultural treasures and resources and a cornerstone for the revitalization of 125th Street."
Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater.Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-4330-3.; Black Horizons Theater (BHT) (note the "s" in the name, which is the authentic title of the theater group, with all of its plural and future-oriented intention) was created after a meeting of Black Action Society (BAS) of the University of Pittsburgh ...
However, the Black Arts Repertory Theater School remained open for less than a year. In its short time BARTS attracted many well-known artists, including Sonia Sanchez, Sun Ra and Albert Ayler. [34] The Black Arts Repertory Theater School's closure prompted conversation with many other black artists who wanted to create similar institutions.
A Black Mass is a play written by Amiri Baraka and performed at Proctor's Theatre in Newark, New Jersey in 1966. Baraka also recorded a version of the play with Sun Ra's Myth-Science Orchestra in 1968. [1]