The rich tradition and current state of Black Theatre is explored in this content, including discussions analyzing contemporary work and pieces honoring trailblazers. Consider starting with the Daughters of Lorraine podcast, the Journal series on the state of Black theatre, or the Journal series on Black women in the performing arts.
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Essay
Black Survival and Cyclical Fate in Hang Time
by Ciaran Short
4 June 2026
Video
Healing and Health: One Love Method Grounding Practices
A Racial-Justice Theatre Healing Session
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Podcast
LOUD Queer Youth Theatre: Sustaining Youth-Led, Adult-Supported Arts Community
by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Keyshia Pearl, Roney Jones
An Interview with Dr. Omi Osun Joni Jones on Theatrical Jazz
13 April 2017
In this installment, scholar-artist Dominique C. Hill interviews Omi Osun Joni L. Jones about the Theatrical Jazz aesthetic, and how it intersects with academic theatre.
Sola Bamishigbin and Tia-Simone Gardner look at plays by Lorraine Hansberry and Lynn Nottage with intersecting themes, written at different times in US history.
Celebrate World Theatre Day with performances from South Africa, Sweden, and the US of an American classic A Raisin in the Sun. Livestreamed on HowlRound TV at howlround.tv Monday 27 March at 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 23:30 UTC / Tuesday, March 28 at 12:30 a.m. BST (London) / Tuesday, March 28 at 1:30 a.m. SAST (Johannesburg) / Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 a.m. CST (Shanghai).
The National Black Theatre presented the panel From the Other Side Of The Table livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 13 March at 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Cherry Lou Sy reports on the first day of 2016 NOW AFRICA Playwrights Festival, which included a panel discussion and performances addressing connection across the African Diaspora.
The Gathering 2017: Advocating for Black Female Choreographers in the Contemporary Dance World—livestreamed from Gibney Dance's Agnes Varis Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 8 January at 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. EST (New York).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a staged reading of Feast livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 12 December at 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 23:30 GMT-UTC (London). In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and @segalcenter and use #howlround.
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Ballot Eats the Bullet—6 black women set out to honor the beauty and complexities, heal the trauma, and highlight the joy of what it means to be a black woman in America today, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 4 November at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround
Every 28 Hours at A.C.T. and Berkeley Rep livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 18 October and Wednesday 19 October at 10:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 9:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Follow @HowlRoundTV on Twitter and share your thoughts with #howlround.
Playwright Pearl Cleage discusses growing up in a politically active family, the challenges faced by actors and directors of color, and the need for truth in theatre.
Kilolo Luckett and Jessica Lynne presented the inaugural By Any Means (BAM) symposium on black contemporary arts livestreamed from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 23 April from 10 a.m. EDT to 3 p.m. EDT (New York) / 7 a.m. PDT to 12 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 14:00 GMT to 19:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST to 8 p.m. BST (London). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @howlroundtv.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a discussion The New Black Fest: Revolutionary Writing livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 4 April at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:30 GMT / 23:30 BST (London). On Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
The New Black Fest and The Lark in New York City livestream The White Gaze, The Truth Gaze and a New Revolution, the kick-off panel event of The New Black Fest at the Lark on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday, March 14 at 7pm EST / 6pm CST / 4pm PST. On Twitter, follow @LarkTalks, @TheNewBlackFest and @HowlRoundTV. Use #TNBF16 to send questions and to get updates.
The Gathering 2016: Advocating for Black Female Choreographers in the Contemporary Dance World livestreamed from New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 17 January at 1 p.m.-4 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 3 p.m.-6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 4 p.m.-7 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #TheGathering2016 and direct your comments @CamilleABrown. Facilitators' Twitter handles are: @DancingWhileBlk, @PalomaMcGregor, @shanijamila. The Gathering partner Twitter handles are: @NewYorkLiveArts, @TheFieldNYC, @DanceNYC.
