Kuntu Repertory Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre is an African-American repertory theatre based at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Dr. Vernell A. Lillie founded it in 1975 as a way of showcasing the playwright Rob Penny. The next year Penny's friend, August Wilson, brought his play "Homecoming" to Kuntu; it was his first play to be produced by a resident company.

Wilson, Penny, and poet Maisha Baton also started the Kuntu Writers Workshop to bring African-American writers together in discussion and to assist them in publication and production.

References

*cite book | author=Conner, Lynne | title=Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | year=2007 | id=ISBN 0-8229-4330-1

External links

* [http://www.kuntu.org/ Kuntu Repertory Theatre Homepage]


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