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Photo by Tom Fougerousse
Autumn 2023
Photo by Becky McNeel and Ahad Subzwari
Spring 2023
Photo by Courtesy of Occidental College
Winter 2023
Your Source for Black Theatre and Entertainment
Black Masks is a long-established Black theatre and entertainment magazine. Created in 1984, this publication has gained the support of both Black theater and entertainment practitioners and audiences. The founder and publishing editor is playwright Beth Turner.
In its thirty-ninth year of publication, Black Masks has subscribers throughout the U.S., in Canada and in the Caribbean. Published quarterly, the magazine features articles on Black performing artists and Black arts groups, and overviews of important Black theater and entertainment issues. Each edition also carries comprehensive listings of current U.S. and occasion-ally international Black theater and entertainment events. The articles in Black Masks are based on original interviews and research. Print subscriptions are only $28 a year. Electronic subscriptions are $20.
Autumn 2023
Baron Kelly: From the Streets of New York to the World's Stages
Raised in New York City, Kelly's life and career spectacularly demonstrate how the courage to defy intellectual, creative and geographical boundaries, combined with abundant talent and love of craft and training, can be a theatre artist's passport to almost unimaginable achievements.
Spring 2023
Emerging Black Women Lighting Designers
Still heavily dominated by White male designers, the field of professional lighting design was broken open for Black women by Shirley Prendergast in 1973. Perkins highlights the work of three contemporary African American women lighting designers who are building upon Prendergast's legacy.
Winter 2023
Harry J. Elam Jr.: Transformational Leader and Champion for the Arts
Aware of the power of theatre as a societal as well as a cultural force since his youth, Elam forged a career path that melded academic excellence, diversity advocacy and artistic achievement, culminating in his recent appointment to the presidency of Occidental College.
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