The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

Through memorabilia, photos, film and original artwork, learn about the theaters that bloomed and survived, the people who were driven to keep them vital, and the explosion of Black Theater productions that marked the 1960s and continue to this day.

Open: Mon & Thurs 12 Noon-8 PM

Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat 12 Noon-6 PM

Closed Sundays

harlem is…THEATER honors

Faison Firehouse Theatre

George Faison, Co-Founder/Artistic Director

Tad Schnugg, Executive Director

Blackberry Productions

Stephanie Berry, Founder/Co-Artistic Director

John-Martin Green, Co-Artistic Director

Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center

Ray Gaspard, President

The H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players

Gertrude Jeanette, Founder/CEO

New Federal Theatre

National Black Touring Circuit

Woodie King, Jr., Founder/Producing Director

Harlem Theatre Company

James Pringle, Founder

National Black Theatre Institute of Action Arts

Barbara Ann Teer, Founder/CEO

Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop

Garland Lee Thompson, Sr., Co-Founder/Executive Director

Mama Foundation for the Arts

Vy Higgenson and Ken Wydro, Co-Writers, Co-Producers, Co-Directors

New Heritage Theatre Group

Voza Rivers, Founding Member/Executive Producer

Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director

Take Wing and Soar Productions

Debra Ann Byrd, Founding/Producing Artistic Director

The Classical Theatre of Harlem

Ty Jones, Producing Director