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FAMU ESSENTIAL THEATRE is excited to announce that we were the sole recipient of THE GOLDEN COLLECTION in the State of Florida.

On this list of historical libraries and community centers, seven recipients were Universities, and of those seven, three were HBCU’s (Florida A&M University, Howard University, and Benedict College). THE GOLDEN COLLECTION is a collection of 15 plays written by black writers.
The team behind the Broadway play Slave Play has donated Collections, totaling 800 scripts, to public libraries and community Centers in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, & Guam.
FAMU ESSENTIAL THEATRE, among other libraries and community centers nationwide, recently received an edition of THE GOLDEN COLLECTION, a donation of 15 plays by Prominent black playwrights, including the recent Broadway play Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris.

Many of the recipient libraries and community centers spotlight historical sites of racial progress, sites of continued racial violence and inequity, and serve predominantly Black communities.
Ultimately, the collection was donated to libraries that were passionate about bringing these plays into their communities. The donated scripts were purchased from Sister’s Uptown Bookstore, a Black-owned bookstore and community resource center in Manhattan.
View The Full List of Recipients