CMU School of Drama


Monday, February 07, 2022

How 20th-century DC theater helped African Americans take center stage

DC Metro Theater Arts: Examining presence in a theatrical context is a provocative idea, and a challenging one. A performance gives presence to the narrative, characters, and ideas of a play. The theater gives presence to the artists and audiences that the company gathers together in the construction of a community. A performance and a theater make the lives, the values, the hopes and aspirations, and the people of that constructed community visible beyond themselves.

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