The arts in education and theater are not new to the world; each of these phenomenons is expressive models that most people desire. The ability to express oneself does come in many forms. Still, the theatre is not recorded, nor is it edited, and therefore needs skilled performers and talent for ticketed guests to experience something they’ll remember and tell others about.

When we look at black and brown folks in the theatre, it’s not widely a choice for performing artists; Black folks tend to go towards film/movies or rap/sing. This week at the Urban Academics Roundtable, Chosen Visionary Number Fifty-One (51) will share the climate in the theatre when he was a student and graduate from Howard University Drama Department, and whether that distinguished degree made the playing field easy or not?

What does the climate look like today in the theatre for black folks, and what can we do to ensure the next generation of talented young people find their way to the most fruitful opportunities?

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The term “Black Theatre” combines plays and musicals directed, performed, produced, or written by African-Americans (Blacks) over the past 200 years.

The Harlem Renaissance of the late ’20s and ’30s was mostly responsible for causing the blow-up that paved the way for hidden skilled performers and talented acts. There is so much that came out of this era that remains, but what was once there that is no more? Find out at the Urban Academics Roundtable, Thursday at 9:30 pm (EDT). You are invited to join us; It’s FREE; GRAB a Seat HERE.

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This Week In The HOT-Seat

a graduate of Howard University’s Department of Drama. He Mr. Holtz is a writer, actor, director and teacher with an extensive background in theater, film/video and stand-up comedy.  He teaches theater in the Newark (NJ) Public Schools.

Notable Accomplishments

• Film and TV Projects: Chicken Special
• Film and TV Projects: Field Your Way Through It,
• Film and TV Projects: The Mission
• Sitcoms: Beacon Place
• Sitcoms: South Africans-Americans
• School Project: Mind Builders-Positive Youth Troupe
• School Project: NJPAC, Writer’s Theater of New Jersey
• School Project: New Jersey State Council for the Arts, NJPAC
• School Project: New York Shakespeare Festival’s Playwriting in the Schools program
• School Project: NYU’s Creative Arts Team
• School Project: The Children’s Art Carnival
• School Project: Theater for the Forgotten’s Changing Scenes
• Service: Cultural Envoy to South Africa through U.S. Department of State as a playwright
• Writing Credits: A Christ Mass Story
• Writing Credits: Ali…From Cassius Clay To Bomaye
• Writing Credits: Black Codes From The Underground, (produced by Lincoln Center’s Directors Lab 1999)
• Writing Credits: Grandma’s Hands
• Writing Credits: Lifeline
• Writing Credits: The Anansi X-5000
• Writing Credits: Trip This
• Writing Credits: Where’s Bobby?

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What’s More?

Mr. Holtz currently serves as Writer/Producer with Think Young, LLC developing docuseries on the life of Andrew Young. If you have any questions for King Holtz, please use the comments section below – We will make sure he gets your message and respond accordingly.

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