Every January for the past several years, emerging Black playwrights have an opportunity to showcase and refine their work at the Fade to Black Reading Series. Artists submit their work, and, if ...

In the beginning, it was just about getting Black playwrights on stage. “That was the mission,” says S. Denise O’Neal, founder and executive director of Shabach Enterprise, the nonprofit behind the ...

Short plays from Black playwrights take center stage during the Fade To Black Reading Series. Credit: Photo by Rudy Mui S. Denise O’Neal, playwright and executive director of Shabach Enterprise, says ...

For the first time in Texas, a festival is placing Black artistry at the center of a multidisciplinary celebration. The Fade to Black Arts Festival brings together theater, poetry, film, visual art, ...

The new and expanded Fade To Black Arts Festival has grown from a modest play festival aimed at getting Black playwrights recognized to a full-blown array of artistic enterprises with over 150 events ...