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 186 pages Cloth - $36.00 Paper - $24.00 | The North Carolina Black Repertory Company: 25 Marvtastic YearsBy Dr. Felecia Piggott McMillan, PhDintroduction by Larry Leon Hamlin – Founder, Executive & Artistic Director The North Carolina Black Repertory Company: 25 Marvtastic Years is the first book solely devoted to the subject of this important cultural force in Black Theatre on both a local and global scale. The North Carolina Black Repertory Company was founded in 1979 by Larry Leon Hamlin as the first, Black professional theatre company in North Carolina. The NCBRC has continued to serve as one of the premier Black Theatre companies in the United States with its roots firmly planted in the ongoing struggle for Black liberation. The NCBRC also hosts the internationally acclaimed biennial National Black Theater Festival. The NCBRC is located in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Felecia Piggott McMillan teaches Theatre Arts and English at George Washington Carver High School in Winston Salem, NC. In 2002, she received her Ph.D. in African American Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. McMillan has been actively involved with the North Carolina Black Repertory Company since its founding in 1979. Dr. McMillan wrote her dissertation, entitled Locating the Neo-Black Aesthetic: Playwrights of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company React to the Black Arts Movement, about the NCBRC. Her involvement with the Black Rep has influenced her in all areas of her life, from teaching Theatre Arts and writing her dissertation, to now completing her first published book with Open Hand Publishing. As a North Carolina-based publishing house, Open Hand is especially excited to participate in this collaboration with the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, as the group is such a rich element of North Carolina’s cultural and artistic history. “Ossie and I have applauded Larry Leon as a prime mover over the years. The North Carolina Black Repertory Company is a force that successfully researches and showcases our foundations in American theatre. This book is a fitting tribute to twenty-five years of excellence!” “You are so postured to journey into the many poignant and sometimes pungent chapters that illuminate a profound perseverance and prodigious successes of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company. Enjoy this ‘marvtastic’ journey.”
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