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Event Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1915	Karamu House is founded	https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/black-history-month/cleveland-black-history-trailblazers-karamu-house-is-the-oldest-black-theater-in-the-u-s
1917	The "Playhouse Settlement" began	https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/701
1936	Premiere of When the Jack Hollars by Langston Hughes	https://case.edu/ech/articles/g/gilpin-players
1936	Premiere of Troubled Island by Langston Hughes	https://case.edu/ech/articles/g/gilpin-players
1941	The "Playhouse Settlement" was renamed "Karamu House"	https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/02/26/karamu-house-americas-oldest-african-american-theater-cleveland-undergoing-m-renovation/
1982	Karamu House listed in the U.S. Register of Historic Places	https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/karamu1236/
2003	Karamu House received an Ohio Historical Marker	historical society
2020	Karamu House presents Freedom on Juneteenth	https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/karamu-house-to-present-freedom-on-juneteenth-performance.html

Date	Event	Source
1950	Arena Stage is founded as the first racially integrated theatre in Washington, D.C.	https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/06/10/molly-smith-retiring-arena/
1959	Arena Stage becomes a not-for-profit	https://mdtheatreguide.com/2020/05/theatre-news-arena-stage-turns-70-part-i-arena-stage-in-the-20th-century-the-first-50-years/
1961	The company’s new complex, designed by Harry Weese, opens	https://mdtheatreguide.com/2020/05/theatre-news-arena-stage-turns-70-part-i-arena-stage-in-the-20th-century-the-first-50-years/
1967	The Great White Hope featuring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander debuts	http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/washingtonian_at_50/then-and-now/50-moments-that-shaped-washington-dc.php
1971	The company’s Kreeger Theater opens	https://mdtheatreguide.com/2020/05/theatre-news-arena-stage-turns-70-part-i-arena-stage-in-the-20th-century-the-first-50-years/
1973	Arena is the first regional theater to tour behind the Iron Curtain	https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/zelda-fichandler-arena-stage-co-founder-and-matriarch-of-regional-theater-movement-dies-at-91/2016/07/29/88566486-557b-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html
1976	The company is awarded the Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater	https://americantheatrecritics.org/regional-theatre-tony/
1980	Arena Stage is the first American theater company invited to the international Hong Kong Arts Festival	https://www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/arena-stage-at-the-mead-center-for-american-theater
1981	The company develops Audio Description for visually impaired audiences	https://www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/arena-stage-at-the-mead-center-for-american-theater
1987	The company attends the Israel Festival in Jerusalem and presents The Crucible	https://mdtheatreguide.com/2020/05/theatre-news-arena-stage-turns-70-part-i-arena-stage-in-the-20th-century-the-first-50-years/
2009	Launch of the American Voices New Play Institute	https://playbill.com/article/part-of-american-voices-new-play-institute-will-exit-dcs-arena-and-enter-bostons-emerson-college-com-185960