African-American theatre

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African-American theatre is a tradition of stage performance and playwriting that centers Black American experiences, histories, and cultural expression, often addressing themes of race, identity, and social justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American culture ⓘ
performing arts genre ⓘ
theatre tradition ⓘ
addressesTheme Black nationalism ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
community ⓘ
family ⓘ
intersectionality ⓘ
migration ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
race ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
slavery and its legacy ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
aimsTo challenge racial stereotypes ⓘ
engage audiences in dialogue about race and justice ⓘ
provide opportunities for Black artists ⓘ
represent African-American life authentically ⓘ
developedIn United States ⓘ
emergedFrom African-American performance traditions ⓘ
Black church performance traditions ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance cultural movements ⓘ
minstrelsy (in subversive and oppositional forms) ⓘ
focusesOn African-American cultural expression ⓘ
African-American history ⓘ
Black American experiences ⓘ
hasAudience multiracial audiences ⓘ
primarily African-American communities ⓘ
hasNotableInstitution Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School ⓘ
Ebony Showcase Theatre ⓘ
Harlem’s Apollo Theater ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Theater

Karamu House ⓘ
National Black Theatre ⓘ
Negro Ensemble Company ⓘ
New Federal Theatre ⓘ
hasNotablePlaywright Amiri Baraka ⓘ
Anna Deavere Smith ⓘ
August Wilson ⓘ
Charles Fuller ⓘ
Dominique Morisseau ⓘ
George C. Wolfe ⓘ
Katori Hall ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
Lynn Nottage ⓘ
Ntozake Shange ⓘ
Pearl Cleage ⓘ
Suzan-Lori Parks ⓘ
historicalPeriod Black Arts Movement ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
includesForm community theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
spoken word performance ⓘ
incorporates Black musical traditions ⓘ
blues ⓘ
dance ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
relatedTo African-American literature ⓘ
African-American music ⓘ
Black Arts Movement ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
usesLanguage African-American Vernacular English ⓘ
usesMedium performance art ⓘ
playwriting ⓘ
stage performance ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

August Wilson → movement → African-American theatre ⓘ
Ed Bullins → influenced → African-American theatre ⓘ
Reverend Cornell Cobbs → appearsInGenre → African-American theatre ⓘ
A Soldier's Play → isPartOf → African-American theatre ⓘ
Gilbert Moses → fieldOfWork → African-American theatre ⓘ
Gilbert Moses → hasInfluenceOn → African-American theatre ⓘ
Lloyd Richards → influenced → African-American theatre ⓘ
Clara’s Ole Man → associatedWith → Black Theatre Movement in the United States ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Frederick August Kittel → movement → African-American theatre ⓘ
Harry J. Elam Jr. → fieldOfWork → African American theater ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Elmore → appearsInGenre → African-American theatre ⓘ
Turnbo → appearsInGenre → African-American theatre ⓘ
Crowns → genre → African American theatre ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Owen Dodson → influenced → African American theatre ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Herman Daniel Farrell III → movement → African-American theatre ⓘ
African American art → isRelatedTo → African American theater ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Blue-Eyed Black Boy → associatedWith → African American theatre ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Ricardo Khan → fieldOfWork → African American theatre ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Ricardo Khan → influenced → African American theatre movement ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins → influencedBy → African-American theatrical traditions ⓘ
linked to: African-American theatre