Atlanta Black Theatre Festival co-founders see the city as ‘Black theater mecca’
The early 2000s set the stage for Atlanta’s Black theater boom. Tyler Perry’s gospel plays were selling out across the South; Jomandi Theater — once a crown jewel of Atlanta’s Black arts scene — had shuttered; and the National Black Arts Festival was fading from its citywide prominence. Meanwhile, an influx of newcomers from Chicago,...
The early 2000s set the stage for Atlanta’s Black theater boom. Tyler Perry’s gospel plays were selling out across the South; Jomandi Theater — once a crown jewel of Atlanta’s Black arts scene — had shuttered; and the National Black Arts Festival was fading from its citywide prominence. Meanwhile, an influx of newcomers from Chicago,...
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