Resultado da Busca
Karamu House has been serving the community for over 100 years! Today, Karamu’s mission is to produce professional theatre, provide arts education, and present programs for all people while honoring the African-American experience. SCHOOL TOURS.
Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is the oldest producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915. Many of Langston Hughes 's plays were developed and premiered at the theater.
Michael Oatman is a former playwright-in-residence at Karamu House. He is only the second person to hold this honor in the storied history of Karamu, the first being Langston Hughes. He has served as a playwriting mentor at the University of Nebraska and also is a playwriting/script analysis instructor at Kent State University.
KARAMU HOUSE is a neighborhood settlement that became nationally known for its dedication to interracial theater and the arts. It was founded as the Neighborhood Assn. at 2239 E. 38th St. in 1915 by 2 young white social workers, ROWENA and RUSSELL JELLIFFE , with the support of the Second Presbyterian Church, but it soon was popularly known as ...
Explore the storied legacy of the nation's oldest Black producing theatre. By Karamu Performing Arts Theatre. Founded in 1915, Karamu House is a place of joyful gathering (the meaning of...
Karamu House, Cleveland, Ohio. 9,932 likes · 50 talking about this · 1,856 were here. Karamu House is America's oldest producing Black Theatre. A place of Joyful Gathering. 108 years old
Reflecting the strength of the Black influence on its development, the Playhouse Settlement was officially renamed Karamu House in 1941. Karamu is a word in the Swahili language meaning “a place of joyful gathering.” It became a place where families could gather, share stories, feast, and enjoy.
