Collection:LPB

Genre: Art

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2017-10-13

Duration: 00:08:44

Subjects: Community theater | New Venture Theatre

Contributors:

• Fox-Smith, James Host
• Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
• Williams, Greg Interviewee
• Jones, Christian Interviewee
• Jackson, Taye-Rafael Interviewee

This segment from the October 13, 2017, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of New Venture Theatre, a predominately African American theater company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She interviews Greg Williams, the founder and artistic director of New Venture, who discusses: his early love for theater; creating New Venture in order to tell new stories for the community; their productions, including “The Color Purple,” “Dreamgirls,” and “Lion King Jr.”; and his hopes for the future. Kendrick also interviews actors Christian Jones and Taye-Rafael Jackson. Host: James Fox-Smith