@stlBlackRep

The Black Rep is the premier African American theatre company in the nation and the largest African American performing arts organization in MO.

 St. Louis, MO
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Joined April 2009
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Founder Ron Himes reflects on 50 years of The Black Rep in St. Louis laduenews.com/arts-and-cultu… via @LadueNews

Founder Ron Himes reflects on 50 years of The Black Rep in St. Louis

What began with a group of WashU college students in 1976 has grown into a one-of-its-kind St. Louis theater institution.

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Black Rep opens 50th anniversary season with powerful, glorious rendition of ‘Color Purple’ laduenews.com/arts-and-cultu… via @LadueNews

Black Rep opens 50th anniversary season with powerful, glorious rendition of ‘Color Purple’

Not only has the theater company overseen its first production of this heavyweight musical, but it has done so in spirited fashion in a version that is explosive and exhilarating

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At 50, The Black Rep's legacy lives on through the artists it raised - St. Louis American - goo.gl/alerts/p6Tzkw #GoogleAlerts

At 50, The Black Rep’s legacy lives on through the artists it raised

In 2025, St. Louis Black Repertory Company Founder and Producing Director Ron Himes was ready to sit down with The St. Louis American to discuss the Season 48 finale, August Wilson’s Radio Golf....

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The Black Rep celebrates 50 years of Black storytelling through theater in St. Louis stlpr.org/arts/2026-09-11/th…

The Black Rep celebrates 50 years of Black storytelling through theater in St. Louis

The Black Rep is celebrating its 50th season starting Sept. 11, with the musical “The Color Purple”. Founder Ron Himes says the theater’s mission to expose communities to Black stories will be its...

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After 50 years, the Black Rep is still building a legacy stltoday.com/life-entertainm… via @stltoday

After 50 years, the Black Rep is still building a legacy

Ron Himes' company will celebrate 50 seasons this year. The producing director for the Black Rep reflects on the past, but is still focused on the future.

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The Black Rep's 50th Anniversary Season Opens with 'The Color Purple' - FOX 2 - goo.gl/alerts/5BRMwD #GoogleAlerts

The Black Rep’s 50th Anniversary Season Opens with ‘The Color Purple’

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company opens its 50th season with the award-winning musical “The Color Purple” based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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St. Louis Black Rep Opens 50th Season With 'The Color Purple' at WashU - Hoodline - goo.gl/alerts/vir8eT #GoogleAlerts

St. Louis Black Rep Opens 50th Season With ‘The Color Purple’ at WashU

Fifty years after starting as a WashU student troupe, The Black Rep opens its golden season with The Color Purple.

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The Color Purple at the Black Rep + Kiki Henson's TV Drama Role | Backstage With Blair - goo.gl/alerts/GHcE7Z #GoogleAlerts
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St. Louis Black Rep Celebrates 50 Years with 'The Color Purple' | FOX 2 - goo.gl/alerts/im5vGw #GoogleAlerts

St. Louis Black Rep Celebrates 50 Years with ‘The Color Purple’

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company is celebrating its 50th anniversary, opening its commemorative season with a production of “The Color Purple.” Founded on the campus of Washington University, …

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The Black Rep is holding auditions for upcoming productions of The Color Purple and The Colored Museum theblackrep.org/auditions-em…

Auditions/Employment — The Black Rep

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'Fat Ham' Flips a Family Tragedy to Free Characters Instead in Black Rep's Spirited Interpretat - goo.gl/alerts/JYuACB #GoogleAlerts

'Fat Ham' Flips a Family Tragedy to Free Characters Instead in Black Rep's Spirited Interpretation

By Lynn Venhaus With a vivacious cast of relatable relatives, The Black Rep delivers a sassy, spirited and sometimes silly “Fat Ham,” which is a modern humorous reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s...

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The Black Rep Presents a Pulitzer Prize Winning Play | FOX 2 - goo.gl/alerts/veQRoh #GoogleAlerts

The Black Rep Presents a Pulitzer Prize Winning Play

SPONSORED – The Black Rep is proud to present the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning drama, “Fat Ham”. The play is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet that centers around a queer, Sout…

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“A shared communal feeling in the dark, across race”: A conversation with performing arts ... - goo.gl/alerts/7pwK5g #GoogleAlerts

“A shared communal feeling in the dark, across race”: A conversation with performing arts experts...

The Performing Arts Department and the Department of Anthropology’s Experiential Ethnography Studio (ESS) moderated a panel conversation about the role of performance in personal empowerment and...

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Review: Pearl Cleage's Fiery FLYIN' WEST at The Black Rep Examines the Bonds of Sisterhood - goo.gl/alerts/QDwDR4 #GoogleAlerts

Review: Pearl Cleage’s Fiery FLYIN’ WEST at The Black Rep Examines the Bonds of Sisterhood

Flyin’ West is a family drama set against the backdrop of the migration West. The Jon Royal directed production succeeds because of the naturalistic…

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The Black Rep Presents “Flyin West” by Pearl Cleage | FOX 2 - goo.gl/alerts/xJ3K93 #GoogleAlerts

The Black Rep Presents “Flyin West” by Pearl Cleage

SPONSORED-  March is Women’s History Month which is the perfect time for a play about a sisterhood of formerly enslaved women who leave the South to settle in Nicodemus, Kansas. You don’t want…

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Ron Himes marks 50 years leading St. Louis Black Rep - The Business Journals - goo.gl/alerts/LGXEi4 #GoogleAlerts

St. Louis Character: How a dare to audition led to founding one of the nation's largest Black...

Ron Himes reflects on five decades leading the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, one of the nation's largest Black theater companies.

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Four decades of storytelling: How The Black Rep continues to shape St. Louis theatre - goo.gl/alerts/zGghg2 #GoogleAlerts

Four decades of storytelling: How The Black Rep continues to shape St. Louis theatre

"I think it has been a way for us to continue to celebrate culture, to keep our history alive and to continue to tell stories that are important."

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Black Rep STL celebrates 40+ years of Black theatre | ksdk.com - goo.gl/alerts/Dcq9Sc #GoogleAlerts
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The St. Louis Black Repertory Company retweeted
St. Louis County Library@SLCLFeb 17
The @stlBlackRep will give a free performance of "Takunda" next week at the Lewis & Clark Branch. This coming of age story incorporates African folk tales and songs, featuring an ensemble of four actors and the vibrant art of storytelling. slcl.org/black-history-celeb…
Takunda Monday, February 23, 6pm Lewis & Clark Branch Presented by the Black Rep All ages Black History Month

ALT Takunda Monday, February 23, 6pm Lewis & Clark Branch Presented by the Black Rep All ages Black History Month

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The St. Louis Black Repertory Company retweeted
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Playwright Lisa B. Thompson speaks of The Black Rep and Ron Himes being national treasures before telling us what we can expect from her play “the black feminist guide to the human body”, a @stlBlackRep production, now running at the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, Washington University from Feb. 4 - March 1. Directed by Kathryn Ervin.🎭💃🏿🪩🔥 📸 Dawn Suggs | St. Louis American #BlackSelfLove #GiftandBlack #BlackFeminism #stlamerican
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