Research Catalog
New Heritage Theatre Group records,
- Title
- New Heritage Theatre Group records, 1940s-2015
- Author
- New Heritage Theatre Group (New York, N.Y.)
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 912 Box 4 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 912 Box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 912 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 912 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Furman, Roger, 1924-1983.
- Description
- 1.6 linear feet (4 archival boxes)
- Subjects
- Theater programs
- Dramatists, American > 20th century
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African American theater > New York (State) > New York
- Plays
- Black author
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life
- American drama > 20th century
- African American authors
- Theater > Production and direction > New York (State) > New York
- African American actors
- African American dramatists
- Furman, Roger, 1924-1983
- Rivers, Voza
- Theatrical companies > New York (State) > New York
- Scripts
- New Heritage Theatre Group (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Plays.
- Scripts.
- Theater programs.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- DVDs and CDs transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Source (note)
- Voza Rivers
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- American Negro Theatre records; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Biography (note)
- Under the leadership of Roger Furman, the New Heritage Repertory Theatre (NHRT) was established in 1964. Furman, a playwright, director, actor, and lecturer, began his career in the 1940s at the American Negro Theatre (ANT) in the 135th Street Branch Library. NHRT produced over 35 plays including "Strivers' Row," written by Abram Hill, co-founder of ANT.
- In 1983, Voza Rivers, a co-founding member of NHRT, music and theatre producer, took the helm and reorganized the organization and expanded the Theatre's scope and reach internationally. Currently, the newly named New Heritage Theatre Group is comprised of three program divisions: the Furman Theatre Repertory, a workshop for budding playwrights; the New Heritage Films and Harlem Wood Film Festival; and IMPACT Repertory Theatre, established by Jamal Joseph in 1997, focusing on youth performance and activism.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 912
- Author
- New Heritage Theatre Group (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- New Heritage Theatre Group records, 1940s-2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheetvolume
- Summary
- The New Heritage Theatre Group records consists of playbills, broadsides, flyers, playscripts, correspondence, and printed matter relating to the organization's productions and events from 1965-2015. Of particular note are original playscripts and production materials for the South African musical "Sarafina!" (1988-1991) and flyers and announcements for a play reading series entitled "Voices of Griots" (1991-1996). There is also a biographical file for Roger Furman.
- Biography
- Under the leadership of Roger Furman, the New Heritage Repertory Theatre (NHRT) was established in 1964. Furman, a playwright, director, actor, and lecturer, began his career in the 1940s at the American Negro Theatre (ANT) in the 135th Street Branch Library. NHRT produced over 35 plays including "Strivers' Row," written by Abram Hill, co-founder of ANT.In 1983, Voza Rivers, a co-founding member of NHRT, music and theatre producer, took the helm and reorganized the organization and expanded the Theatre's scope and reach internationally. Currently, the newly named New Heritage Theatre Group is comprised of three program divisions: the Furman Theatre Repertory, a workshop for budding playwrights; the New Heritage Films and Harlem Wood Film Festival; and IMPACT Repertory Theatre, established by Jamal Joseph in 1997, focusing on youth performance and activism.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- American Negro Theatre records; Also located at; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Furman, Roger, 1924-1983.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 912