Roger Furman (March 22, 1924 – November 27, 1983) was an American actor, director, playwright, and producer. He was the former founder and owner of
New Heritage Repertory Theater, the oldest active theater company in Harlem.
He was also a founder of the
Black Theatre Alliance.
Career
He is known for "taking care of business" for black theater. He had plays that were staged at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was also a founder of the
Black Theatre Alliance.
The Roger Furman Theatre (at the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) is named for him.
Furman died in 1983, at his home in Upper Manhattan, aged 59.
Academic
Furman was the author of a book called ''The Black Book''.
He taught courses of black drama at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
,
Rutgers
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and w ...
, and
Hartford University.
The Roger Furman Theatre (at the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) is named after him.
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1983 deaths
African-American theater directors
American theatre directors