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1. necinc.orgNEC HOME - The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.

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   NEC is a non-profit theater company that produces and showcases plays by Black playwrights and artists. See upcoming and recent productions, residencies, competitions and more on their website.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Negro_Ensemble_CompanyNegro Ensemble Company - Wikipedia

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   Website. Official website. The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is a New York City -based theater company and workshop established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer-actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald S. Krone, [1] with funding from the Ford Foundation. The company's focus on original works with themes based in the ...

3. necinc.org › the-history-of-necThe History of NEC - The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.

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   Learn about the origins, achievements, and challenges of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), a pioneering black theater company founded in 1967. Explore the plays that explored the black experience and won awards and acclaim, such as "A Raisin in the Sun", "The River Niger", and "A Soldier's Play".

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4. www.americantheatre.org › 2021/01/13 › modestModest Beginnings, Towering Legacy: The Negro Ensemble Company

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   Jan 13, 2021 · Learn how Robert Hooks and Barbara Ann Teer founded the Negro Ensemble Company in 1967, inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and the need for Black stories and characters on stage. Explore the company's history, achievements, and impact on American theatre.

5. necinc.org › our-mission-foundersOur Mission & Founders - The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.

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   Learn about the mission of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), a theatre company that provides opportunities for black artists and presents live performances by and about black people. Meet the founders of NEC, Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald Krone.

6. archives.nypl.org › scm › 20880archives.nypl.org -- Negro Ensemble Company records

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   Nov 2, 2021 · The Negro Ensemble Company records were accessioned by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1990 and 1995. Twenty-seven cartons of scripts arrived in August 1990, and seventy-six cartons of scripts and financial records arrived in December that same year.

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   Who is the Negro Ensemble Company?

   • The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is a New York City -based theater company and workshop established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer-actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald S. Krone, with funding from the Ford Foundation.

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   What was the purpose of the Negro Ensemble grant?

   • The goals of the grant were to found a Black repertory company with social themes, which would expand opportunities for experienced Black theatre artists and to help train new ones. The Negro Ensemble Company officially began in 1967, with its home at the St. Mark’s Theater.

   Modest Beginnings, Towering Legacy: The Negro Ensemble Company

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   Why did the Negro Ensemble Company go out of business?

   • While the company often received glowing reviews, had sold-out audiences, and was producing some of the critically acclaimed theatre of the era, the early 1970s found the Negro Ensemble Company in financial trouble. The 145-seat theatre had become too small to generate the revenue needed for its ambitious projects.

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   What is a true ensemble company?

   • The concept of a true ensemble company (a nucleus of actors performing a roster of plays back-to-back within each season) was uncommon in American theatre. A theatre based on the black experience, created and staffed by black artists, was even more of a departure.

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8. www.blackpast.org › negro-ensemble-company-1967The Negro Ensemble Company (1967- ) • - Blackpast

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   Feb 13, 2008 · The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) was founded in 1967 by Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward, and Gerald Krone to produce plays by African American playwrights. The NEC has a long history of training, producing, and showcasing black theatre artists, and has faced challenges of funding and audience diversity.