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Ashley Smith Lehman 351 Midterm List of African American Theaters The Robey Theatre Company Los Angeles, CA 2. Common Ground Theatre San Diego, CA 3. National Black Theatre 5th Ave. New York 4. Penumbra Theatre Kent St, St Paul, MN 5. Billie Holiday Theatre Brooklyn, NY Robey Theatre Company mission: Robey theatre mission through the creative process, to explore and develop relevant provocative, and innovative new plays written about the Black experience, as well as to reinterpret established works. Robey creates a nourishing environment of understanding and support in which multi-cultural theatre artists are compelled to take risks in the search for artistic fulfillment. It provides time, educational opportunities, and encouragement…show more content…
Within in this program the Theatre wants to reach out to the Arts & Culture and the legacy of the African and Caribbean Diaspora, while using the arts as a way to make a connection for creative place, community enrichment and presenting art to strengthen democratic values, and promote social justice to impact the community. The award winning Billie Holiday Theatre is historic Skylight Gallery, and Tony Award-winning Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company, the CAC reached over 43,000 through its multi-disciplinary arts instruction and year-round programming. The Theatre does have an board of directors and receives the…show more content…
Dr. Teer envisioned NBT as a means to educate, enrich, entertain, empower and inform the national conscience around current social justice issues that impact our communities. We continue to provide a safe unhindered space for artist of color to articulate the complexity, and beauty of their experience through theater. The theatre NBT was founded in 1968 in Harlem by the late Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, an award winning, visionary artist and entrepreneur. With a distinguished 46 year-old history of innovative work in its community, NBT is among the oldest Black Theaters in the country, and amongst the longest owned and operated by a woman of color. NBT is also a pioneer as the first to establish revenue generating Black art complex the NBT’s achievements reflect Dr. Teer’s lifelong commitment to community service through the arts. She believed whole-heartedly in the power of Black Theatre to uplift, strengthen, and heal Black communities on a local and on a national level. Since it’s founding, NBT has produced over 300 original theatre works that have toured the USA, the Caribbean, Central America, Africa, and Asia. NBT garnered over 45 AUDELCO Black Theatre Excellence Awards and received a CEBA Award of Merit for the award winning production of
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