Rites and Reason Theatre

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Rites and Reason Theatre

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{{Short description|Theater at Brown University in the US}}
{{Short description|Theater at Brown University in the US}}
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{{Infobox theatre group
{{Infobox theatre group|name=Rites and Reason Theatre|formed=1970|location=[[Brown University]], Providence, RI|notable={{unbulleted list|[[Ossie Davis]]|[[Ruby Dee]]|[[Adrienne Kennedy]]}}|homepage={{URL|https://africana.brown.edu/rites-and-reason-theatre}}}}
|name=Rites and Reason Theatre
|formed=1970
|location=[[Brown University]], Providence, RI
|notable={{unbulleted list|[[Ossie Davis]]|[[Ruby Dee]]|[[Adrienne Kennedy]]}}
|website={{URL|https://africana.brown.edu/rites-and-reason-theatre}}
}}


'''Rites and Reason Theatre''' is a theater within the [[Africana studies|Africana Studies]] department of [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. It was founded in 1970 by Professor [[George Houston Bass]], and Professor Rhett Jones, is one of the longest-running continuously producing black theaters in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/rites-and-reason-theatre/about-theatre|title=About the Theatre {{!}} Africana Studies|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-09-04}} Writers for the theater have included [[Ossie Davis]], [[Ruby Dee]], and [[Adrienne Kennedy]].{{Cite book|title=African American Theatre: a Historical and Critical Analysis|url=https://archive.org/details/africanamericant00hays|url-access=limited|last=Hay|first=Samuel A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/africanamericant00hays/page/n73 60]}}{{Cite web|url=http://mappingartsproject.org/providence/locations/rites-and-reason-theatre/|title=Mapping Arts Project – Providence » Rites and Reason Theatre|website=mappingartsproject.org|access-date=2019-09-04}} The theatre serves to develop theatrical and visual performance works that articulate and understand the expansive [[African diaspora|African Diaspora]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/rites-and-reason-theatre|title=Rites and Reason Theatre {{!}} Africana Studies|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-11-11}}
'''Rites and Reason Theatre''' is a theater within the [[Africana studies|Africana Studies]] department of [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. It was founded in 1970 by Professor [[George Houston Bass]], and Professor Rhett Jones, is one of the longest-running continuously producing black theaters in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/rites-and-reason-theatre/about-theatre|title=About the Theatre {{!}} Africana Studies|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-09-04}} Writers for the theater have included [[Ossie Davis]], [[Ruby Dee]], and [[Adrienne Kennedy]].{{Cite book|title=African American Theatre: a Historical and Critical Analysis|url=https://archive.org/details/africanamericant00hays|url-access=limited|last=Hay|first=Samuel A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/africanamericant00hays/page/n73 60]}}{{Cite web|url=http://mappingartsproject.org/providence/locations/rites-and-reason-theatre/|title=Mapping Arts Project – Providence » Rites and Reason Theatre|website=mappingartsproject.org|access-date=2019-09-04}} The theatre serves to develop theatrical and visual performance works that articulate and understand the expansive [[African diaspora|African Diaspora]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/rites-and-reason-theatre|title=Rites and Reason Theatre {{!}} Africana Studies|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-11-11}}
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