It was specifically designated an "African-American theater" with seating for 548 people.
Productions can be found in African-American theaters and churches all over the country.
Both were in their late 20's, and both had the same dream of a new truly African-American theater.
As a result, it was said, money is drawn away from those companies that specialize in African-American theater.
The play chronicles the history of African-American theater.
She became a lecturer on drama at the university in 1968, having taken the time to study African-American and absurd theatre.
It was the third attempt to have an African-American theatre, but this was the most successful of them all.
And African-American theater does not have to be about defeat and victimization.
"Is it appropriate to have an exclusively African-American theater in a culture that is so multiethnic today?"
He believed that African-American theatre was important and was able to make his dream a success.
