Boston's Front Porch Arts Collective Aims To Spotlight Black Artists In Theater

By Paula Ebben, CBS Boston

February 27, 2024

BOSTON - From playwrights, to actors, to directors, The Front Porch Arts Collective in Boston is working to shine a spotlight on Black voices in the theater.

For the past seven years, the collective has been collaborating with other theater companies in the region to reach that goal. Co-founder Dawn M. Simmons told us the mission expands well beyond Black History Month.

"Black voices have been marginalized for so long. We go through periods of having a focus. My hope is that what the Front Porch is doing, is creating a space where it's not just a period of focus for a small period of time, where it has a lasting and sustained influence on our theater community," said Simmons.

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