The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is a New York City-based theater company and workshop established in 1967 by producer-actor Robert Hooks, playwright...
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the artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company for thirteen years. He was the co-founder of the Alumni of this company, and directed many of their...
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Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. The Negro Ensemble Company is credited with the launch of the careers of many...
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acting and dance, he went to New York and joined the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company. He appeared in many musicals and plays, including the original...
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deep voice, Caesar was a staple of off-Broadway as a member of the Negro Ensemble Company, and as a voiceover artist for numerous film trailers. He earned...
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The First Breeze of Summer was presented from 2008 to 2009 by the Negro Ensemble Company. In 2009, she had a recurring role as Nico Slater, the daughter...
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neighborhood of Manhattan. Dorothi Fox began her career with the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) in 1966 as head usher. She made her debut on Broadway in “The...
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renowned Actors Studio and was the interim Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) from 2002 to 2004. In keeping with the tradition of the NEC...
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screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and...
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Drama Desk Award for his play Home (1979), which moved from the Negro Ensemble Company to a Broadway production in 1980. In the mid-1980s, he received...
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Roundtree joined the Negro Ensemble Company: he then went on to play his first theatrical role by portraying boxer Jack Johnson in the company's production of...
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also an award–winning stage director and a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company. Moreover, in 1955, she became the first African American to appear...
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of Absence, featuring Douglas Turner Ward, a co-founder of The Negro Ensemble Company. It was the first time she saw professional black actors on stage...
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He was noted for being a founder and artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor...
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Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou in high school. Tawfiq studied at the Negro Ensemble Company, known for educating actors such as Denzel Washington and Ossie...
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actor during high school, when a teacher brought him to see the Negro Ensemble Company perform. From high school to college, he was the frontman for the...
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Commission Negro Ensemble Company, New York City theatre company National Electricity Company (NEK EAD), a Bulgarian electricity company New England...
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Group Theatre, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Women of Tin Pan Alley, Negro Ensemble Company, Juilliard School, the Beat Generation, the singer-songwriters of...
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off-Broadway by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1971, it won an Obie Award that year for "Best Foreign Play". In a review of the Negro Ensemble production in...
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actor and a member of New York City, New York theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company. He was best known for his performances in Off-Broadway and Broadway...
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Samuel L. Jackson with the Negro Ensemble Company, a Broadway appearance in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, and as a company member for the Kennedy Center's...
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by Eleanor Roosevelt. She began her professional career with the Negro Ensemble Company and became a successful stage actress. She won an Obie Award in...
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founding member and resident actor with the Tony Award-winning Negro Ensemble Company, Elder originated roles in the premier productions of The Song of...
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Broadway in 1969 at St. Mark's Playhouse in a production by the Negro Ensemble Company. Later in the 1969 season, it was given a commercial production...
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Edition Story (2017). Carson appeared in productions at the famed Negro Ensemble Company. Her first notable credit came in 1991, when she appeared in Law...
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study with Lloyd Richards at the Negro Ensemble Company. Shortly after, he joined Vinnette Carroll's Urban Arts Company appearing in these productions:...
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Retrieved 2024-11-18 – via YouTube. "Phyllis Yvonne Stickney - The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc". necinc.org. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-11-18. DeYoung, Bill...
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first professional acting role was in Ride a Black Horse at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there, he appeared in small theater productions, street theater...
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Film Festival for the film.[citation needed] He appeared in the Negro Ensemble Company production A Soldier's Play and reprised his role in the film version...
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Blacks. She was often cast in plays produced by Robert Hooks and the Negro Ensemble Company. She also appeared in productions of The Crucible and Blues for...
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