Atlanta Critic On State Of Black Theater In America

Dominique Morisseau’s play “Skeleton Crew,” produced in Atlanta by True Colors Theatre Company, is cited as one of the works of black theater that picks up where August Wilson left off.

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How is black theater doing in the U.S.? American Theatre Magazine set out to answer that question.

African-American theaters vary as widely as the cities, regions and communities they represent. And while the stories they tell may cover the spectrum of human experience, there are some struggles and missions that unite them.

Atlanta-based theater critic Kelundra Smith wrote about black theaters across the country for the March issue of American Theatre.