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Description |
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The Classical Black Readers Theatre Series offers two plays per season, which are performed in a traditional readers theatre style. Plays are selected from the works of African-American playwrights who wrote between the late 1800’s through the Black Theatre Movement (1970’s). Following each reading a guest playwright will host a symposium that will highlight historical and artistic facts of the play and playwright. |
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Event Date: Monday, April 14, 2008 Event Time: 8PM Location: University of Richmond, Modlin Center, Alice Jepson Theatre |
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This year's Featured Artist |
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Amiri Baraka |
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Known as the Father of the Black Theatre Movement of the 1960’s, Baraka is a poet and a playwright. Currently his profound works about race and society are still being produced worldwide. He continues to write and speaks frequently at colleges and universities nation-wide. |
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His Play: The Dutchman |
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Received the Off Broadway award for the best American play of 1963-64. It wasmade into film in 1966, directed by Anthony Harvey, and starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Junior. With this and subsequent plays Baraka became the leading writer of black theater. The Dutchman Baraka opened the doors for black American writers to deal with a broad range of political, racial, and social themes.
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