Langston Hughes Archives - America's Black Holocaust Museum

MKE Black Theatre Festival 2026

July 17, 2026

The MKE Black Theatre Festival returns to venues across Milwaukee for a multi-week celebration of Black storytelling, performance, and creative expression. Produced by Black Arts MKE, the festival brings together playwrights, performers, artists, and community members to experience the power of theater and the arts.

Copy of Black Nativity by Langston Hughes

September 26, 2025

BLACK NATIVITY by Langston Hughes returns for its 10th Annual Holiday Musical Production December 11-14, 2025, at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, Marcus Center.

Who preserves the homes of Black literary giants?

July 6, 2025

Nneka M Okona wonders about the homes of Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison, where art and history were made, after their deaths.

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes

November 30, 2024

BLACK NATIVITY by Langston Hughes returns for its 9th Annual Holiday Musical Production December 5-8, 2024, at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, Marcus Center.

MKE Black Theatre Festival

June 27, 2023

Black Arts MKE is proud to again present the MKE Black Theatre Festival. The three-week-long celebration of Black arts and culture features ticketed and free events including two full-productions, play development workshop, audition masterclass, Black Nativity by Langston Hughes auditions, reflections on Black History with Everett Marshburn, poetry set & more!

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes

November 21, 2022

BLACK NATIVITY by Langston Hughes returns for its 8th Annual Holiday Musical Production December 7-10, 2023, at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, Marcus Center.

“Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes – December 10-13, 2015

December 4, 2015

The Hansberry-Sands Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presents Black Nativity, a musical by renown poet Langston Hughes, at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, December 10-12, 2015.