Category: Austin

Austin Theatre Project (1986-1993), was organized by Boyd Vance, with the help of friends, in 1986. A formidable advocate for black theatre, V...

In the early 1980s, Ms. Eloise Burrell, executive director for The Black Arts Alliance (1980s), offered Austin audiences notable black theatre...

The Afro-American Players, Inc. (1970s), organized by University of Texas students GloDean Baker and Freddie Gardner, produced the popular mus...

In 2013, Jacqui Cross, Billy Harden, Carla Nickerson, and Janis Stinson – all familiar from their work with Zach Theatre, State Theatre Compan...

In 1992, Boyd Vance founded ProArts Collective. In 1999, ProArts sponsored the first Black Play Fest. Over the next six years, Vance produced ...