State of Things
1:09 pm
Fri July 22, 2011

National Black Theatre Festival 2011

NBTF Artistic Director Mabel Robinson
NBTF Artistic Director Mabel Robinson

The National Black Theatre Festival is a longstanding tradition in Winston-Salem. Founded in 1989 by North Carolina native Larry Leon Hamlin, the biennial celebration of African-American stage performance draws thousands of people to the Triad.

  • Host Frank Stasio talk about the history of the festival, the legacy of its charismatic founder and the state of African-American theatre arts with Mabel Robinson, Artistic Director of the National Black Theatre Festival.

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