Roger Furman

Roger Furman (March 22, 1924 – November 27, 1983)[1] was an American actor, director, playwright, and producer.[2] He was the former founder and owner of New Heritage Repertory Theater, the oldest active theater company in Harlem.[3] He was also a founder of the Black Theatre Alliance.[3]

Career

He is known for "taking care of business" for black theater.[4] He had plays that were staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[5][6] He was also a founder of the Black Theatre Alliance.[3] The Roger Furman Theatre (at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) is named for him.[7]

Furman died in 1983, at his home in Upper Manhattan, aged 59.[3]

Academic

Furman was the author of a book called The Black Book.[8] He taught courses of black drama at New York University, Rutgers, and Hartford University.[3] The Roger Furman Theatre (at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) is named after him.[7]

References
  1. "Roger Furman Biography". IMDb.
  2. Rivers, Voza (1 January 2006). Forever Harlem: Celebrating America's Most Diverse Community. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 261. ISBN 9781596702066 – via Google Books.
  3. "IN HARLEM THEATER 4 DECADES". The New York Times. December 1, 1983.
  4. "Black World/Negro Digest". Johnson Publishing Company. April 1975.
  5. Miller, Hillary (October 15, 2016). Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 9780810133907 – via Google Books.
  6. Gussow, Mel (November 17, 1973). "Theater: Black Portrait". The New York Times.
  7. Heyliger, Yvette (October 25, 2016). Autobiography of a Homegirl: Deep Somewhere in the Toy Box where All My Dolls are Kept. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595205561 – via Google Books.
  8. Harris, M. A.; Levitt, Morris; Furman, Roger; Smith, Ernest (January 1, 2009). The Black Book. Random House. ISBN 9781400068487 – via Google Books.
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