Negro Ensemble Company
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The Negro Ensemble Company is a pioneering African-American theater company founded in 1967 in New York City, renowned for nurturing Black talent and producing influential works exploring the Black experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Negro Ensemble Company canonical | 6 |
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
African-American theatre company
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nonprofit organization ⓘ theatre company ⓘ |
| awarded |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Soldier's Play (as originating company)
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Tony Award for Best Play for A Soldier's Play (as producing company) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
African-American culture
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Black theatre ⓘ performing arts ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African diaspora
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African-American experience ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Douglas Turner Ward
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Gerald S. Krone NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary theatre
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drama ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Adolph Caesar
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Al Freeman Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Angela Bassett NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Denise Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ Denzel Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Turner Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Frances Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Glynn Turman NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurence Fishburne NERFINISHED ⓘ Phylicia Rashad NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hooks NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Lee Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ S. Epatha Merkerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
exploration of the Black experience
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nurturing African-American talent ⓘ promotion of Black theatre ⓘ |
| hasTrainingProgram |
actor training program
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directors workshop ⓘ playwrights workshop ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry | theatre ⓘ |
| influenced |
careers of African-American actors
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careers of African-American directors ⓘ careers of African-American playwrights ⓘ development of Black theatre in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Soldier's Play
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Ceremonies in Dark Old Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Daddy Goodness NERFINISHED ⓘ Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Song of the Lusitanian Bogey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Brownsville Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dream on Monkey Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ The First Breeze of Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great MacDaddy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Offering NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reckoning NERFINISHED ⓘ The River Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sty of the Blind Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ The Taking of Miss Janie NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talented Tenth NERFINISHED ⓘ Zooman and the Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.