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 Join Community Works NYC, New Heritage Theatre Group, The Interchurch Center and partners at a special reception for the New York premiere of the expanded, comprehensive exhibition: Through exhibits, film and artwork, meet those who have carried out almost 200 years of bringing Black Theater to New York. Learn about the historic theaters and newer groups that reinvent live performance, and enjoy a timeline of the New Heritage Theatre as the city’s oldest nonprofit Black Theater. Share your theater memories in our on‐site video booth. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:30pm The Interchurch Center Treasure Room & Corridor Galleries 475 Riverside Drive (between 119th Street and 120th Street) RSVP to 212‐459‐1854 or email performances@communityworksnyc.org Ira Aldridge as Titus Andronius Schomburg Collection, 1821 The harlem is...THEATER exhibition was developed with youth and Harlem community members. The event is part of a year‐long citywide focus on the development of Black Theater and its impact. The expanded exhibition now includes: ‐ Contributions from The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Ty Jones, Producing Director and Take Wing & Soar Productions, Debra Ann Byrd, Founding/Producing Artistic Director ‐ A timeline outlining 50 years of work at the New Heritage Theatre Group, the oldest nonprofit black theater in New York
‐ Original artwork as well as theater memorabilia
‐ A film on the history of Black Theater by Jamal Joseph harlem is…Theater honors: Faison Firehouse Theatre George Faison, Co‐Founder/Artistic Director Tad Schnugg, Executive Director Blackberry Productions Stephanie Berry, Founder/Co‐Artistic Director John‐Martin Green, Co‐Artistic Director Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center Ray Gaspard, President (former) The H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players Gertrude Jeannette, Founder/CEO New Federal Theatre National Black Touring Circuit Woodie King, Jr., Founder/Producing Director Harlem Theatre Company James Pringle, Founder National Black Theatre, Inc. Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, Visionary Founder Sade Lythcott, CEO Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop Garland Lee Thompson, Sr., Co‐Founder/Executive Director Mama Foundation for the Arts Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro, Co‐Writers, Co‐
Producers, Co‐Directors New Heritage Theatre Group Voza Rivers, Founding Member/Executive Producer Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director Take Wing and Soar Productions Debra Ann Byrd, Founding/Producing Artistic Director The Classical Theater of Harlem Ty Jones, Producing Director harlem is… Theater Historic Theaters: African Grove Theatre WPA Federal Theatre Project Harlem Unit The Rose McClendon Players American Negro Theater New Lafayette Theatre New Heritage Theatre Group The Artists JaSon Auguste • Jordan Baker‐Caldwell • Laura Gadson • Inge Hardison • Dindga McCannon Marivel Mejia • Otto Neals • Ademola Olugebefola • Toyce harlem is…THEATER Collaborators: Aaron Davis Hall‐City College Center for the Arts, Apollo Theater, Columbia University School of the Arts, The Interchurch Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts‐ Lincoln Center, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Union Settlement. Marketing partners: Harlem Arts Alliance, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce Exhibition open to the public: November 10, 2014 – January 6, 2015 ‐ M‐F 9a‐5p at The Interchurch Center Galleries A public art exhibition program of Community Works This exhibition is supported, in part, by Con Edison, Emilie Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities, West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Foundation and Credit Suisse; and by public funds from Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Council Members Inez E. Dickens and Helen Rosenthal, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.