It’s small, but the Black theater scene in Memphis has been notable for 50 years. Levi and Debroah Frazier founded the Blues City Cultural Center, a nonprofit that stages local plays, arts shows and workshops for aspiring creative writers, in 1979.  Ekundayo Bandele founded the Hattiloo Theatre, an independent Black repertory theater that is one […]

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