Black Theatre

Jeff Freeman details his experience of interning with Penumbra Theatre.

Alisa Solomon shares the complex history of A Trip to Bountiful's journey to Broadway.

Ben Guillory writes about The Robey Theatre Company, and the importance of outreach and bringing audiences to black history.

Eileen J. Morris discusses the duty The Ensemble Theatre has to the community of Huston.

A list of black theatres in the United States, complied by Michael Dinwiddie, Jonathan McCrory, Beth Turner, Lawrence Evans, and the New England Entertainment Digest.

Sade Lythcott writes about her mother's legacy as founder of the National Black Theater (NBT), and the importance of maintaining the history and lineage of black theater.

Michael Dinwiddie discusses the role of the Black Theatre Network in the community.

A meditation on the importance of uplifting young black playwrights.

Sarah Bellamy reflects on Penumbra Theatre Company's financial situation, and provides a roadmap of their goals, challenges, and approach to fundraising.

Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe discusses the climate of black theatre in San Francisco.

Valerie Curtis-Newton writes about her experience at The Hansberry project, and the neccessity of producing black artists.

For the State of Black Theatre Series, Talvin Wilks looks at the history of black theatre telling its own story.

This week's Howl centers around the state of black theater in the United States

Akiba Abaka discusses her experience at the Model the Movement conference in Boston.

Kashif Jerome Powell on the legacy of Dewy “Pigmeat” Markham on the Black Performance work in the Durham, North Carolina theater scene, its influcence on the work of local theatermaker Mike Wiely, and the continuation of said conversation in the current Black performace scene in Durham.

Pittsburgh is where Tameka Cage-Conley, a nonfiction writer and poet, to become a playwright. She is pursuing the stories of her location to raise questions about the American landscape.

​ Tune in to #NEWPLAY TV on February 27, 2012 from 7:00-8:30pm EST to celebrate Woodie King Jr.'s induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame through Honoring Excellence in Black Theater: A Night with Woodie King Jr.

Timothy Douglas writes about his resignation from Chicago’s Remy Bumppo Theatre Company.

Keith Josef Adkins speaks on his experience working to "diversify within our diversity" and provide fresh black narratives to the canon of American theatre.

In this installment of the series From Scarcity to Abundance: Capturing the Moment for the New Work Sector, Anthony Werner interviews Karen L.B. Evans of the Black Women Playwrights' Group on the future and the intersection of technology and live theatre.