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# Theater and Building Community
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/black-arts-legacies-2/episode/theater-and-building-community-xz5t6f/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:48:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T10:00:16.000Z
- Description: Two artists define the history and future of Black theater in Seattle.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Black Arts Legacies-, Season 1, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_9d712308-a6fb-4261-9532-4c999b7f93ad, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_2a8e9729-7c2a-4e7e-a3e6-a2bfa623b56c, #v1.16

Throughout the massive shifts that Seattle’s Black population have experienced, Black presence has been emphasized in local theater groups. Douglas Quinton Barnett and Sharon Nyree Williams represent the history and future of Black theater in Seattle, and in the historically Black Central District neighborhood in particular.