AMERICAN THEATRE

BLACK OUT: AN ONGOING NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF AUDIENCE CURATION

What does it take for Black audiences to feel at home in the theatre? This question looms over producers at predominantly white institutions as they hope to encourage people to return to the theatre following Covid-19’s shuttering impact. Playwrights Dominique Morisseau and Jeremy O. Harris have been at the

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