ACG Cleveland & Karamu House Present "Looking Back to Go Forward"

Karamu House, located on E. 89th Street and Quincy Avenue in Cleveland, is recognized as America's oldest producing Black theatre-founded in 1915 by Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, a married Jewish couple and pair of Oberlin College graduates. Since its founding, Karamu has been at the center of social justice by providing a space (and stage) for African American artists.

Today, Karamu's mission is to produce professional theatre, provide arts education, and present programs for all people while honoring the African American experience. We are a place of joyful gathering (the meaning of Karamu in Swahili), where people from different races, religions, and economic backgrounds come together through the arts.