New Heritage Theatre Group: oldest Black nonprofit theatre company in NYC

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

Pan African Film Festival To Premiere New Heritage Film Documentary- DAVID DINKINS: A GORGEOUS MOSAIC

"Pan African Film and Arts Festival"

David Dinkins: A Gorgeous Mosaic"

Monday April 25, 2022

4:OO PM

Click Here To See Festival Lineup And View Trailer!

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

Women's History Month featuring Tony Award-nominated African singer, composer and actress, Tsidii Le Loka

Voza Rivers, Jamal Joseph and the entire New Heritage Family invite you to enjoy a video celebrating Women's History Month featuring Tony Award-nominated African singer, composer and actress, Tsidii Le Loka

HARLEM BOMB SHELTER SILVER & GOLD GALA

Get your tickets for the Silver & Gold Gala on Saturday, March 26 at 6 PM. Harlem’s own Harlem Bomb Shelter: Open Mic & Showcase, founded by Luther D. Isler and Voza Rivers, invites you to an evening of dinner, arts, and culture as Harlem Bomb Shelter celebrates 10 years of education and empowerment through self-expression and entertainment.

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

Prayer of Love and Peace for the Invasion of Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces still continues. We, IAPG would like to offer the "Prayer for Love and Peace" for the invasion of Ukraine with you for "5 minutes" at noon Japan time every day.

We would also like to offer the 10-minute "Prayer for Love and Peace" with you at "18:00 Japan time", which is at "noon Moscow time" every day.

Also, it is okay for you to pray at other times in your time zone.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation

- Prayer Campaign Notice -

Harlem is. . . Healing Dialogues Start a New Round

You’re invited: We have launched another round of Harlem is . . . Healing Dialogues series on YouTube. These are lively, intimate, and animated conversations posted each month with select heroes from our Harlem is. . . Healing program who have brought hope to a community affected by the pandemic and issues of social justice.

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VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE TO PRESENT "IT IS AFRICAN" MUSIC CONCERT
PRESS RELEASE: February 17, 2020

Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and Williams Institutional CME Church presents "IT IS AFRICAN"

Featuring the music of the AfroHORN Band & International

Oyu Oro Afro- Cuban Dance Company

HARLEM: FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and Williams Institutional CME Church will present IT IS AFRICAN, a spiritual afternoon of African music and dance, on Sunday March 8, 2020 at 5pm. This special Harlem premiere performance features Francisco Mora-Catlett and his New York-based Afro Horn jazz ensemble, and a dance performance by the extraordinary Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance company, co-founded by Mora-Catlett's wife, Cuban dancer, international Afro-Cuban folk-lore performer, choreographer, teacher and dance ethnologist from Santiago de Cuba Danys "LaMora" Perez.
Voza Rivers / New Heritage Theatre Group and Rudi Mbele presents WOZA SOUTH AFRICA

HARLEM: FEBRUARY 20, 2020

MOTHERLAND Messengers will make their Harlem debut as part of their 2020USA tour on Friday, March 6,at 7 PM at the historic Williams CME Church. Motherland Messengers are an ensemble of South African Gospel recording artists and musicians. Collectively they have wom numerous individul awards and have performed all over the world. This talented group of singers and musicians celebrates the power of spiritual music in their native languages and English and various musical genres including South African traditional gospel, Acapella, American Gospel and R&B. The producers are inviting all New Yorkers to come out and experience this complimentary performance and these talented artists..
THE FANNIE LOU HAMER STORY, The Voice of The Empowered (VOTE)
THE FANNIE LOU HAMER STORY, The Voice of The Empowered (VOTE)

Award- Winning One-Woman Play Announces

FACEBOOK LIVE and INSTAGRAM PERFORMANCE

June 19, 2020 8PM

New Heritage Theatre Group, Harlems’ own and New York’s oldest black not for profit black theatre, celebrating its 56th anniversary. invites you to the premiere live performance of THE FANNIE LOU HAMER Story, the critically acclaimed, award winning, one-woman play, written by and starring Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, directed by Byron C. Saunders. The Fannie Lou Hamer Story is the story of Fannie Lou Hamer’s fight for freedom and voting empowerment, the story of one of American History’s most powerful civil rights activists.

New Heritage Theatre Group Executive Producer Voza Rivers is pleased to join forces with Healing Through the Sound of Music, a non-profit 501 c-3 theater production company located in Altamonte, Fl. who developed the presentation and has presented it over the last 6 years at over 50 select performing arts venues across the U.S. in support of voting rights.

The award winning solo performance of the Fannie Lou Hamer story will debut as a live online event in Celebration of Juneteenth, on Facebook Live and Instagram Live on June 19, 2020 at 8pm. from the historic Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Sanford, Florida. home of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, one of the many symbols of social injustice.

This powerful and uplifting play follows Fannie Lou Hamer’s rise from Jim Crow’s Mississippi all the way to the halls of Congress leading the Voting Rights Movement in 1964 and is very timely today.

“The realities of Covid -19 and the on going challenges and continuing struggles for social justice has brought communities together to deal with the a situation that harkens back to and reminds us of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s,” - Voza Rivers, Executive Producer, New Heritage Theatre Group

“This unprecedented time of our lives brings with it a sense of urgency that we honor all of those on the front lines who have dedicated their lives to preserving our basic rights of freedom, safety, quality and democracy where all people can thrive.” says Djehuty Se Hotep, Producer Healing Through the Sound of Music.

For more information about The FLHS visit at www.thefannielouhamerstory.com. Also check us out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For additional information:

info@thefannielouhamerstory.com and www.newheritagetheatre.org