Black Live Theater Troupes

A Hot Set provides a growing list of Black-founded live theater companies and live-acting troupes.

Note: To be added to this list, fill out the press form via A Hot Set's brand page.

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• A Call to Conscience

• AA Performing Arts Community Theatre

• African American Repertory Theater

• African-American Shakespeare Company

• Agape Theatre Project

• Anthony Bean Comm. Theater & Acting School

• Arena Players

• Art Forms and Theatre Concepts

• Asante Children’s Theatre

• Bill Nunn Theatre Outreach Project

• Billie Holiday Theatre

• Birmingham Black Repertory Theatre Company

• The Black Academy of Arts and Letters

• Black Ensemble Theater

• Black Power Theatre

• Black Repertory Group

• Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

• Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop

• Black Spectrum Theatre

• Black Theatre Troupe

• Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY

• Brévo Theatre

• Bushfire Theatre

• Cincinnati Black Theatre Company

• The Classical Theatre of Harlem

• Common Ground Theatre

• Congo Square Theatre Company

• Confrontation Theatre

• Crossroads Theatre Company

• Demaskus

• Ebony Repertory Theatre 

• Encore Theatre and Gallery

• The Ensemble Theatre

• The Essential Theatre

• ETA Creative Arts Foundation

• First World Theatre Ensemble

• Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre Company

• The Front Porch Arts Collective

• The Hansberry Project

• Harlem 9

• Harlem Repertory Theatre

• Hattiloo Theatre

• IKAM Productions

• Image Theatre Company

• Impact Repertory Theatre

• JAG Productions

• Jubilee Theatre

• Karamu House Theatre

• Kennie Playhouse Theatre

• Kuumba Ensemble

• Liberation Theatre Company

• Lorraine Hansberry Theatre

• Lower Depths Theatre Ensemble

• The M Ensemble

• Ma'at Production - Afrikan Centered Theatre

• The Mahogany Project

• Mixed Magic Theatre

• The Movement Theatre

• National Black Theatre

• Negro Ensemble Company

• New African Grove Theatre Company

• New Freedom Theatre

• New Federal Theatre

• New Heritage Theatre Group

• New Professional Theatre

• No Dream Deferred

• NuAfrikan Theatre

• PassinArt Theatre Company

• Paul Robeson Theatre

• Penumbra Theatre

• PinPoint Theatre

• Plowshares Theatre Company

• Pyramid Theatre Company

• Restoration Stage Inc.

• Rites and Reason Theatre

• The Robey Theatre Company

• Rooted Theater Company

• St. Louis Black Repertory 

• Shades of Truth Theatre

• Soul Rep Theatre Company

• Stage Aurora Theatrical Company

• Towne Street Theatre

• True Colors Theatre Company

• Tuskegee Repertory Theatre

• Ujima Com., Inc. aka Ujima Theatre Company

• Unity Theatre Ensemble

• UpStage Theatre Company

• Village Theatre

• Voices in the Dark Repertory

• Watts Village Theatre Company

• Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

• Youth Ensemble of Atlanta

Opera Organization

• Harlem Opera Theater

• Opera Ebony