Tonight, DC Theatre Scene holds its first live streamed event, starting at 7pm, on the DCTS Facebook page. The last few months have been hard in the theatre community, with many reckonings and revelations. While it has been a time of transformation, it has been particularly difficult on BIPOC women, femmes and nonbinary folx, who […]
Archives for July 16, 2020
1949: Howard University Players’ first in the nation Scandinavian tour earned standing ovations.
On August 31, 1949, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt made her way to the SS Stavergerfjord to see off twenty-one Howard University students and faculty leaving on a European sojourn. All members of the Howard University Players, the group was embarking on a lengthy tour of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany that would earn them […]
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