The Best in Black Theatre! This Saturday, NSIDE NEW YORK Celebrates the Negro Ensemble Company's 50th Anniversary with theatre icon Douglas Turner Ward! Click on this intro.
INSIDE NEW YORK's re-broadcasts our exclusive interview with theatre icon, Douglas Turner Ward, actor, director and playwright and co-founder of The Negro Ensemble Company, as part our Special mini-series in celebration of his 50 years in theatre.
Mr. Ward shares with us multiple celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the NEC, which included a three-city tour. He discussed with INSIDE NEW YORK, the legacy of the NEC, how and why he co-founded it with Robert Hooks and Gerald Krone, his acting and playwriting career and his future projects.
Mr. Ward’s success with “Happy Ending” and “Day of Absence” led him to be commissioned by the New York Times, to write an article on the Black position in theater. The article was entitled, “American Theatre” for White’s Only?”
In 1967, the Negro Ensemble Company was officially opened with Mr. Ward serving as artistic director; some of the its notable productions include "A Soldier’s Play," "The River Niger," which became the company’s first play to go to Broadway. The River Niger eventually won a Tony Award for Best Play.
The Negro Ensemble Company went on to produce more than two hundred plays. Virtually all of Hollywood’s leading Black actors got their start at the NEC.
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