TH 464SEM—Black Theatre-Past and Present

This course is a historical survey of Black theatre in the United States from the founding of William A. Brown’s African Theatre in 1821 through twentieth-century developments such as the New Negro renaissance and the Black Arts Movement to the work of contemporary Black playwrights such as Suzan-Lori Parks, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Lynn Nottage, and Jackie Sibblies Drury.