[NEohioPAL] Barbara Ann Teer

[DALE SHIELDS]

Sadly, this news has been confirmed about Barbara Ann Teer. I was just informed that Barbara Ann Teer of the National
Black Theatre passed away last night.
Director, actress, dancer, writer.Birth DetailsJune 18, 1937East St. Louis, IL
		
		SIDELIGHTS:
"In 1973 Ms. Teer received a Ford Foundation Fellowship tovisit seven
African countries to further her research. She spent four months in
Western Nigeria acquainting herself fully with the Yoruba culture and
religion. Ms. Teer has visited Nigeria 7 times and considers it to be
her 'second home.' She wanted to discover the science of spirit and the
secret of Soul. She along with her performing company of 35 people
continued their research in South America, the West Indies, Haiti,
bars, the Apollo Theatre and numerous churches in Harlem. The National
Black Theatre has performed in Trinidad, Guyana, Western Nigeria and
throughout the United States. Because of[its] cultural contributions to
the City and State of New York, Mayor Koch and the Government of New
York State proclaimed May 7, 1979 as 'National Black Theatre Day.' ...
in Harlem ... on the corner of 125th Street and Fifth Avenue she is
developing an educational and cultural facility: The National Black
Institute of Theatre Arts, dedicated to demonstrating the material
wonders of high technology and the magnificence which flows from the
cultural sound called Soul."



		Famous Works
		Principal Stage Work, Acting/DancerKwamina, 54th Street Theatre, NY, 1961; Bella Belafunky, Raisin' Hell in the Son, Provincetown Playhouse, NY, 1962; The Living Premise, Premise, NY, 1963; Violet, Home Movies, Provincetown Playhouse, NY, 1964; Funnyhouse of a Negro, Theatre Company of Boston, 1965;Prodigal Son, Greenwich Mews, NY, 1965; Mary, Day of Absence,St. Mark's Playhouse, NY, 1965; Clara, Who's Got His Own, American Place Theatre at St. Clement's, NY, 1966; Jean Biggs, The Experiment, Orpheum, NY, 1967; Slaves, 1968; Angel Levine, 1969; Where's Daddy, 1969.Principal Stage Work, DirectingFounder, executive producer, National Black Theatre, Inc. 1968; Ritual, National Black Theatre (NBT), 1971; Change! Love Together! Organize!A Revival, NBT, 1972; A Soul Journey into Truth, NBT, 1974; The Believers, off-Broadway; Softly Comes a Whirlwind, Whispering in Your Ear, NBT, 1978; Five on the Black Hand Side, 1970; (television)--Me and My Song; "The Ritual," Soul, 1970; guest lecturer, Positively Black, 1976; writer, co-producer, film--Rise: A Love Song for a Love People.Major ToursShe has toured with the National Black Theatre to Haiti, Bermuda, Trinidad, Guyana, South Africa, Nigeria.Principal Film AppearancesGone Are the Days, 1964; The Pawnbroker, 1965; The Group, 1966; The Slaves, 1969.Principal Television AppearancesA Carol for Another Christmas; Camera Three; Kaleidoscope; The Ed Sullivan Show; Black Journal.Articles Published"The Black Woman: She Does Exist." New York Times, 1967; "We Can Be What We Were Born To Be." New York Times, 1968.

Dale R. Shields
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