Camden Repertory Theater
Location: Camden
Website: https://www.camdenrep.com/
Grant Round: Winter 2023
Award: Action / $14,400
Purpose: To design a series of public programs and educational materials exploring the diverse and rich voices of Martie Evans, J.E. Franklin, and Barbara Ann Teer.
To design a series of public programs and educational materials exploring the diverse and rich voices of Martie Evans, J.E. Franklin, and Barbara Ann Teer, three lesser-known Black women playwrights whose artistic importance are a part of an invisible yet nevertheless influential cannon of the American Black Arts Movement.
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