National Black Theatre announced its first Fall Fête benefit, honoring John Legend, Mike Jackson, Margaret Anadu, Sanford Biggers, and Nona Hendryx for their contributions to arts and culture.
Detroit Public Theatre will present a one-night reading of UNDERSIEGE, a collective work centering Black women and femmes, featuring Detroit Poet Laureate Jessica Care Moore and directed by Casaundra Freeman.
National Black Theatre has revealed the five artists selected for its 2026 SOUL Series LAB (Liberating Artistic Bravery) cohort, supporting the development of new work and the careers of Black playwrights, directors and producers.
National Black Theatre will present UNDERSIEGE, a staged reading featuring work from over 35 playwrights including Danai Gurira and Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Studio Museum in Harlem as part of the Fall of Freedom initiative.
Park Avenue Armory will present the world premiere of GRASS, a new commission from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in partnership with National Black Theatre, directed by Sarah Benson.
National Black Theatre announced its 2026–2027 season, themed 'Just Beyond the Horizon,' featuring five productions including Sarah Jones' North American Premiere and a new musical by Lynn Nottage and John Legend.
On the heels of being announced as a co-producer for the new musical Imitation of Life by Lynn Nottage, Liesl Tommy and EGOT winner John Legend, National Black Theatre has revealed cast and ticket availability.
National Black Theatre will host its inaugural Spring Luncheon on March 16, 2026, honoring director Whitney White and producer Robyn Coles.
National Black Theatre (NBT) will present a one-night-only revival of Soljourney Into Truth: Staging the Unpublished Manuscript on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7 PM, at 16 Cooper Square (CBA Studio) as part of NBT’s Fall 2025 Art Institution Residency at New York University’s Hemispheric Inst
Patricia White, the long-time company manager of Woodie King, Jr.
National Black Theatre has officially unveiled its upcoming season.
National Black Theatre (NBT) is now accepting applications for the SOUL Producing Residency Program, which is one of the programs associated with the SOUL Series LAB (Liberating Artistic Bravery).
The Firehouse Theatre, in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and the Richmond Planet Foundation, has commissioned playwright Kristen Adele Calhoun to dramatize the life and times of John Mitchell Jr.
Blackboard Plays and the Parent Artist Advocacy League will partner to uplift the stories of Black families for the 3rd Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival.
NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE revealed its 2024-2025 season titled THE PILGRIMAGE: A JOURNEY BACK HOME, featuring a lineup of thought-provoking productions celebrating Black culture and heritage.
After a sold-out show in Harlem's world famous Apollo in 2022, National Black Theatre and Apollo Theater took over the Opera House at the Kennedy Center to relaunch their signature program, The Gathering.
Explore the renewed collaboration between the National Black Theatre and The Apollo, as they announce the return of THE GATHERING: A COLLECTIVE SONIC RING SHOUT, a transcendent theatrical experience.
NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE is now accepting applications for the 2024-2026 SOUL SERIES L.
The world premiere of Kristen Adele Calhoun’s Black Cypress Bayou has already begun at the Geffen Playhouse.
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