Freedom Theatre, founded by John E. Allen, Jr. in 1966, is Pennsylvania's oldest African American theatre. Freedom Theatre us a professional performance company and provides training in the performing arts, comprehensive customer service, and community access.
The Black Ensemble Theater (BE), founded in 1976 by Jackie Taylor, has grown from a small community arts organization to a vibrant nationally and internationally renowned arts institution. BE's mission is to eradicate racism and its damaging effects upon society through the utilization of theater arts.
The Black Rep is the country’s premier African-American theatre, providing platforms for acting and interpretation of theatre from the Black perspective. The company is pleased to entertain the most diverse theatre audience in the St. Louis region.