Where Black Stories Take Center Stage

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What’s On Stage

Movie Premiere: The Shining Star, starring acclaimed actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and directed by Juney Smith @7pm & Special Masterclass @2pm

Saturday, October 10, 2026

“Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” Who will rise? Who will fall?

Watch the Throne...

October 15 - October 25, 2026

2026 Jazz Holiday Concert staring Marcus Anderson Saturday, November 21, 2026

Monologue Competition Monday, January 23, 2027

Chris Curry’s The Prize is Right

Thursday, November 19th, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with ECAP Afterschool/ Eagle Academy Monday, January 18, 2027

Kirk Whalum & The Holiday Divas Concert Saturday, December 12, 2026

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A Creative Legacy

Founded in 1970, Black Spectrum Theatre Company has remained committed to uplifting Black voices through the performing arts while creating opportunities for education, artistic development, and cultural engagement within the community.

For generations, Black Spectrum has served as a home for artists, performers, students, and audiences seeking connection through storytelling and creative expression.

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Programs That Shape Artists

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Theatre Training

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Summer Arts Camp

On stage, performers wearing colorful costumes with African patterns, including a woman with glasses and a headwrap, a man in a circular patterned shirt, and others dressed as Santa Claus and in traditional attire. The stage has African cultural decorations, statues, columns, and a pink and purple gradient backdrop.

Youth Programs

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Community Workshops

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A live outdoor jazz concert on a stage with musicians playing instruments, including saxophones and drums, under a metal canopy. Trees and a building are in the background, with a partly cloudy sky overhead.
Outdoor concert in a park with many seated and standing attendees, stage with performers, surrounded by trees and sunlight
Scene from a play, featuring actors in period costumes sitting and standing around a table with a yellow tablecloth, set in a room with a large window showing a street scene.
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A behind-the-scenes look at a film or video shoot outside a white house. Crew members are filming a man and a girl in front of a white picket fence, with equipment such as a camera, boom microphone, and clapperboard visible.