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Black Theatre: Jennifer L Nelson reflects on African Continuum Theatre Company by Jordan Ealey

In his 1996 speech, "The Ground On Which I Stand," acclaimed playwright August Wilson charged the American theatre industry to take seriously the funding and producing of Black theatre. This includes not casting Black actors in roles originally written for white actors (condemning "colorblind" casting), but rather to program plays by Black playwrights, hire Black […]

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AM on December 9, 2020

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