Explore 200 Years of Black Theater!
Join Community Works’ multimedia celebration of nearly 200 years of Black Theater in Harlem and New York as the expanded comprehensive harlem is…THEATER exhibition continues at
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Through memorabilia, photos, film and original artwork, learn about the theaters that bloomed and survived, the people who were driven to keep them vital, and the explosion of Black Theater productions that marked the 1960s and continue to this day.
This newest component looks at the connection between Harlem’s historic New Heritage Theatre and Lincoln Center Theater to bring groundbreaking anti-apartheid productions to the world, including the wildly successful Sarafina!
Visit the Exhibition!
February 4 – May 2, 2014ADMISSION IS FREE DAILY
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Open: Mon & Thurs 12 Noon-8 PM
Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat 12 Noon-6 PM
Closed Sundays
Contact us at performances@communityworksnyc.org or give us a call at (212) 459-1854 to ask about our FREE tours, special public programs, and workshops for community and youth groups!
harlem is…THEATER honors
Faison Firehouse Theatre
George Faison, Co-Founder/Artistic Director
Tad Schnugg, Executive Director
Blackberry Productions
Stephanie Berry, Founder/Co-Artistic Director
John-Martin Green, Co-Artistic Director
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
Ray Gaspard, President
The H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players
Gertrude Jeanette, Founder/CEO
New Federal Theatre
National Black Touring Circuit
Woodie King, Jr., Founder/Producing Director
Harlem Theatre Company
James Pringle, Founder
National Black Theatre Institute of Action Arts
Barbara Ann Teer, Founder/CEO
Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop
Garland Lee Thompson, Sr., Co-Founder/Executive Director
Mama Foundation for the Arts
Vy Higgenson and Ken Wydro, Co-Writers, Co-Producers, Co-Directors
New Heritage Theatre Group
Voza Rivers, Founding Member/Executive Producer
Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director
Take Wing and Soar Productions
Debra Ann Byrd, Founding/Producing Artistic Director
The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Ty Jones, Producing Director
harlem is…THEATER highlights
African Grove Theatre
WPA Federal Theatre Project Harlem Unit
Rose McClendon Players
American Negro Theatre
New Lafayette Theatre
New Heritage Theatre Group
harlem is…THEATER Collaborators
Aaron Davis Hall- City College Center for the Arts
Apollo Theater
Columbia University School of the Arts
The Interchurch Center
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Community Works NYC
55 West End Avenue
New York, New York 10023
212-459-1854
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