Karamu House
Cleveland, United States
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Karamu House, located in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood, is the oldest continuously producing Black Theatre in the United States, having opened in 1915. Built in the Moderne architectural style, the complex has functioned as a theatre, art academy, and arts center. The venue gained literary significance as a venue where many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered. Today it remains listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Built
- Type
- theatre building, art academy, arts center
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Cleveland, United States
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