by Amanda Ong

In his first play to see production, Seattle-based actor and playwright Reginald André Jackson’s History of Theatre: About, By, For, and Near just finished its run at ACT Theatre from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12. History of Theatre takes its audience back in time, in a creative approach, to introduce us to the Black theater artists who have made history in America, and it even covers Black theater history right here in the Pacific Northwest. History of Theatre was directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, founding artistic director of The Hansberry Project, a collaborator in the play’s development.