Negro Ensemble Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1967
Places
- United States (Associated Country)
- New York (N.Y.) (Residence)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carlyle Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1163
Abstract
Carlyle Brown (May 6, 1945-) born in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised in New York City, is an award-winning playwright/performer, curator and artistic director of Carlyle Brown and Company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also the Founding Director of the Laughing Mirror Theatre, an experimental ensemble company devoted to the research and development of Black American theatrical forms in New York. For many years Brown was a specialist in outdoor adventure-based education though...
Dates:
1800s-2010, and undated; Majority of material found in 1960s-2001
Correspondence: The Negro Ensemble Company, 1991-1992, 1999
File — Box 7, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Includes play program and newspaper articles regarding the theatre company's financial challenges.
Dates:
1991-1992, 1999