National Black Theatre News

New York Classical Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for William Shakesepare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets.

Tickets are on sale now for the first production of The Rep’s 2025 SummerStage season, ME AND THE DEVIL The play with music is written and directed by The Rep’s new Artistic Director, Little Rock-native and Broadway director, Steve H. Broadnax III. 

McCarter Theatre Center will conclude its 2024–2025 season with Primary Trust, the tender and widely acclaimed play by Eboni Booth, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

NextStop Theatre Company has announced its 2025/26 season—the first fully programmed by Producing Artistic Director, Heather Lanza, who joined the company in the fall of 2024.

On Monday, April 14 True Colors in association with Miss Mason Productions presented Music from Bayano: An Afro-Panamanian Odyssey, an epic poem with music by Afro-Panamanian poet Darrel Alejandro Holnes. Check out photos from the event.

Tickets for the pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of Prince's legendary film and album, PURPLE RAIN, will go on sale on Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m..

Following a 2024/25 season that has seen a more than 40% increase in annual attendance and refocused the national spotlight on the community, Baltimore Center Stage has announced its 2025/26 season.

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present the New York premiere of The Wash May 30 to June 29 at WP Theatre. 'The Wash' by Kelundra Smith offers an intimate and often funny portrait at the ordinary women who initiated and led the strike.

ALL ARTS will premiere a new slate of original programming throughout May and June as part of Broadway and Beyond, including Mandy Gonzalez in Concert and the return of the fan-favorite series Broadway Sandwich.

National Black Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Originally written by one of the foremothers of the Black Arts Movement, the late Aishah Rahman, in 2002, this work is directed by NBT's SOUL Directing Resident Abigail jean-baptiste.

Synecdoche Works has announced the cast and creative team for its workshop production of THE FATE OF THE ONLINE COW, an innovative new play by kanishk pandey.

National Black Theatre (NBT) in association with The Flea Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Performances run May 27 - June 22 at The Flea Theater.

Park Avenue Armory's Making Space Public Programming series will continue with Lenapehoking, an evening of chamber music by internationally celebrated Indigenous composer, musician, and educator Brent Michael Davids. Learn more!

Jamaican born playwright David Heron's romantic comedy drama Love and Marriage and New York City returns to the New York stage this June in celebration of its 25th Anniversary.

Actors' Equity Association and the Actors' Equity Foundation have announced jointly that they will bestow the Paul Robeson Award for 2025 on Leslie Ishii.

Check out photos from the first rehearsal for the world premiere of Bowl EP, written and directed by Nazareth Hassan. Bowl EP will begin performances on May 1, 2025 and run through June 8, 2025 at Vineyard Theatre.

​​​​​​​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).

Vineyard Theatre has revealed that three of the organization's staff members have advanced to new roles. Learn more about Vineyard Theatre's leadership and more about the organization here.

Maestra Music has appointed Lee Bynum as Executive Director. Bynum (they/them) is a internationally recognized arts leader, composer, librettist, dramaturg, and advocate.

Signature Theatre will host The Luminary Awards, a Signature Theatre Gala Celebration, next month. The event will honor Signature Theatre Resident Playwrights Dominique Morisseau and Sarah Ruhl.