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NHTG was established in 1964 as the New Heritage Repertory Theatre (NHRT)Founded by the late Roger Furman, Playwright, Director, Actor, and Lecturer Furman's career in Harlem began at the American Negro Theater in the 1940s. He began New Heritage Repertory Theater (NHRT) in 1964 as a street theater while employed with HARYOU-ACT, a federally-financed anti-poverty […]
Pioneer of Diverse Cultural and Educational Exchange Programs Promote Tourism and Global Economic Development International Producer of New Heritage Theatre Group and co‐produced international festivals, tours and events including: JAZZ FOR PEACE, SAKURA CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL, UNHEARD NOTES INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION (which had the participation of Artists with disabilities from 125 different countries, in events held in the USA, Japan, […]
Award Winning Producer of Theater, Film, Music & Live Events Local, National and International Impresario for the Advancement of Arts and Culture Voza Rivers is a leading theater, music, and events producer and documentary filmmaker, born in Harlem, New York. Rivers is the executive producer and founding member of the New Heritage Theatre Group (established […]
U.S. Writer, Director, Producer, Poet, and Activist Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University School of the Arts in the Film Department One of the Panther 21 while incarcerated for his active participation in the Black Panther Party Joseph earned two college degrees and wrote five plays and two volumes of poetry. He is a […]
New Heritage Theatre Group, the oldest Black non-profit theater company in New York City, originated in 1964 under the name New Heritage Repertory Theatre by the late Roger Furman, a revered playwright, director, actor and lecturer, who began his career in the 1940s with the American Negro Theatre in Harlem. Its mission, to preserve and sustain […]
THE BOMB SHELTER, is a venue for today's YOUNG ADULT Poets to build a New Harlem Renaissance. A monthly retreat from the fallout of everyday life and forum to express our experiences, thoughts, and ideas in Poetry, Song, and Spoken Word arts. Much like a bomb shelter is an escape and shield from war, attacks, […]
James Baldwin’s bracingly relevant writings, which inspired the potent “I Am Not Your Negro,” also resonate deeply in “Chapter & Verse,” Jamal Joseph’s tough / tender portrait of an ex-con attempting to find redemption in modern-day transitional Harlem. Having served eight years in prison for “being stupid,” reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (the film’s […]
