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Your Source for Black Theater and Entertainment News
Black Masks is a long-established Black theater and entertainment magazine. Created in 1984, this publication has gained the support of both Black theater and other Black entertainment organizations and Black theater and entertainment enthusiasts. The founder and publishing editor is playwright Beth Turner.
In its twenty-sixth year of publication, Black Masks has subscribers in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean as well as throughout the United States. Published quarterly, Black Masks features profiles of 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. Black theater and entertainment events, conferences, lectures, contests and grants and occasionally also international listings. The articles in Black Masks are based on original interviews and research about the Black theater and the other Black performing, literary and visual arts. Print subscriptions are only $23 a year. Electronic PDF subscriptions are $20.
Fall/Winter 2012
Donna Walker-Kuhne: Audience Development in Russia
Walker-Kuhne's unlikely path to theatre marketing and audience development began as an attorney in family court. Once she discovered theatre was her passion, there was no stopping her. Now, she has global reach.
Summer 2011
Irene Gandy: One-of-a-Kind Diva Publicist
Getting her start with the Negro Ensemble Company, Irene Gandy has diligently honed a stellar career over forty years. With a style all her own, to date she has served as a publicist for over one hundred Broadway shows.
Autumn 2011
Black Masks Celebrates: Twenty-five Years of Black Theatre
This brief overview of the past twenty-five years of Black Theatre is drawn from the thousands of listings of Black theatre events documented in the pages of Black Masks since 1984.
