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Street Team InternationalA Tresured Acting Career Moment, James Williams
James A. Williams is a stage actor and coach, educator, and theater administrator. In this segment, he shares an unforgettable moment in his acting career.
Read MoreMy Treasured Teaching/Theater Career Moments, Laura Mann-Hill
Laura Mann-Hill is a teacher and theater director/producer. In this segment, she shares two episodes in her stage and classroom careers that she is fond of.
Read MoreThe Ethiopian Art Theatre Opens
*The Ethiopian Art Theatre presented its first play on this date in 1923. They were a Black theatre company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was a short-lived (1922/1923–1925) group founded during the Harlem Renaissance. There are differing views over the precise year that the company was founded, 1922 or 1923. The founder and principal… View Article
Read MoreWoodie King Jr., Director and Producer born.
*Woodie King Jr. was born on this date in 1937. He is a Black stage and screen director, producer, and administrator. King was born in Baldwin Springs, Alabama. He graduated from high school in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, and worked at the Ford Motor Company there for three years. He then worked for the City… View Article
Read MoreThe New Federal Theatre opens
*The New Federal Theatre is celebrated on this date in 1970. This is a theatre company named after the African American branch of the Federal Theatre Project, which was created in the United States during the Great Depression to provide resources for theatre and other artistic programs. Woodie King Jr. founded the New Federal Theatre… View Article
Read MoreBlack History and Theatre/Stage Performance, a story.
*Black history and theatre or stage performance are affirmed on this date in 1500. Excluding performing arts, stage/theater productions have a rich, diverse, and profound history and culture. From the early African griots to Broadway performances, Black performers and creators have played a pivotal role in shaping the global landscape of theater. These actors have… View Article
Read Morefor colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf premieres
*On this date in 1976, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf premiered. Ntozake Shange wrote this theatrical play. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form that Shange coined the term “choreopoem” to describe. It tells the stories… View Article
Read MoreThe Rose McClendon Players are formed.
*The Rose McClendon Players are celebrated on this date in 1935. This was a theater group founded in Harlem, New York. The Rose McClendon Players lived up to the outstanding legacy left by their legendary namesake, Rose McClendon. While working with the Federal Theatre Project, she developed her vision of a Black theatre company. Together… View Article
Read MoreDorothy Heyward, Playwright born.
*Dorothy Heyward was born on this date in 1890. She was a white-American playwright. She was born Dorothy Kuhns in Wooster, Ohio, and lived in New York, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC, throughout her childhood. She was interested in literature from an early age and started writing plays. After graduating from high school, she attended… View Article
Read MoreTresured Playwright and Acting Moments, Brenda Bell Brown
Brenda Bell Brown is a stage and media performer and educator. In this segment, she shares two treasured moments in her playwright and acting careers.
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O, poet gifted with sight divine! To thee t'was given Eden's groves to pace With that first pair in whom the human race Their kinship claim: and angels did decline- Great Michael, holy...MILTON by Henrietta Cordelia Ray.