National Black Theatre Festival Opening Night Gala July 30, 2007

Star-studded Awards Banquet - Sit-down dinner, awards and presentations.

Opening Night Celebrity Performance (North Carolina School for the Arts Stevens Center) - Glynn Turman’s autobiographic solo show provides a top-down entertaining glimpse into his life and work from growing up in Harlem to carving a successful career in Hollywood’s less than friendly entertainment world. Written and performed by Glynn Turman.

Special Gala Celebrity Reception (Winston-Salem Marriott) - Special Guests will include Ted Lange, Janet Hubert, Dick Anthony Williams, T’Keyah Crystal Keymah, plus more than 50 other celebrity attendees at the Marriott Hotel. Admission into the reception with your ticket stub from the evening’s performance.

Larry Leon Hamlin founded the National Black Theatre Festival™ (NBTF) in 1989. His goal was to unite black theatre companies in America and ensure the survival of the genre into the next millennium.

Other events on subsequent days include the Readers' Theatre of New Works, the Youth/Celebrity Project, International Colloquium, International Vendor's Market, Workshops and Seminars, and of course, over 100 theatrical performances. More than 50 celebrities of stage, screen and television are expected to attend. In 1999, NBTF introduced Fringe, a program designed to support and showcase collegiate theatre. After show festivities and celebrity receptions at the Marriott Hotel wrap up every evening.

Official Website: http://www.nbtf.org/