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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.
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.
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]
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 .
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.
[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."
Pages in category "African-American theatre" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. ... Ebony Repertory Theatre; ETA Creative Arts Foundation;
Arena Players Incorporated (or Arena Playhouse) is the oldest continually performing and historically African-American community theatre in the United States located in Baltimore, Maryland. The theater runs several productions throughout the year as well as jazz and comedy shows, which take place every other month.