"I think that theatre can serve as an incredibly important instrument ..." Robert Hooks
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October 17 and 18, 2020
Eaton Hotel
Washington, DC
BLACK THEATRE MATTERS
DC Black Rep Celebrates 48 years and ROBERT HOOKS DAY!
CAMPAIGN 72 "Life of SHIRLEY CHISOLM"
Announcing Odell Ruffin's Campaign 72
Tickets available at www.mmtidc.org or https://campaign72.eventbrite.com. For additional information, call 202-582-4213.
3 - 7 PM
Saturday, February 22
Sunday, February 23
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Eaton Hotel
1201 K St NW, Washington DC
General admission $45
Group Sales Encouraged
47TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
PHOTOS OF CELEBRATORY EVENTS!
PROCLAMATION HONORING ROBERT HOOKS AND THE DC BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY
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EXHIBIT AT BUSBOYS AND POETS
GALA HONORING ROBERT HOOKS & DC BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY FOUNDERS
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Longtime African American actor Robert Hooks on the state o
Actor Robert Hooks has had quite a month: On Oct. 18, Washington Mayor Muriel E. Bowser proclaimed it “Robert Hooks Day,” complete with a ceremony at city hall and a reception at Busboys and Poets. The following day, the D.C. native was honored at a gala celebration at the Lincoln Theatre to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the DC Black Repertory Company, the theater group he founded in 1971.
You may not recognize his name, but Hooks, 81, has been a working actor since the 1960s, when he landed a lead role on “N.Y.P.D.” — one of the first African American actors to star on a television drama. Movie fans know him as Admiral Morrow in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” But Hooks’s first, and true, love has always been live theater: As a young actor, he founded the Negro Ensemble Company in New York.
We talked recently to Hooks about his life on the stage, roles for African American actors and the state of black theater companies today.