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Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities
This issue of the Black Theatre Review examines the often-unrecognized labor through which Black theatre pedagogies transmit cultural knowledge, cultivate belonging, and sustain Black creativity within historically white colleges and universities. Across essays, field notes, pedagogical materials, personal reflections, reviews, and production images, contributors explore teaching, mentorship, directing, new-play development, archival practice, collaboration, care, and institutional stewardship as interconnected forms of cultural labor. Collectively, the issue positions Black theatre pedagogy as a living archival practice—one that not only preserves texts and performances but also carries forward Black ways of knowing, creating, resisting, and imagining across generations.
Front Matter
From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief: The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities
- Prof. Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • i-v
Articles
Re-Member Bailey: A Reflection From The Director, Playwright, and “Concerned Student” of Michelle Tyrene Johnson’s The Green Duck Lounge
- Zahria Imani Moore
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 1-23
Teaching In Real Time: Kendrick Lamar and Performance Protest
- Jeremy Gillett
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 24-34
Notes from the Field
Proud Voices and New Tables: How Embracing New Play Development Within Predominantly White Theatre Institutions Provides Visibility for Black Creativity, Scholarship, and Labor
- LyaNisha Gonzalez
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 35-46
Notes on Process: links/bib/syllabus Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
- Korinn Annette Jefferies
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 47-50
Artistic Practice as Scholarship
Love Letters From the Field
- Chamara Jewel Kwakye
- Ural Grant
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 51-56
Book Reviews
The Revolution Will Be Improvised: The Intimacy of Cultural Activism
- Taren Wilson
Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2026 • The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities • 57-60