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Samm-Art Williams, who made his mark in several fields — as an executive producer of the sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” as an ac

He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean to his Southern roots.

Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting The Refocus Project, a multi-year project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon. The first series of Refocus play readings, presented in association with Black Theatre United, will spotlight twentieth-century Black plays and their playwrights: Angelina Weld Grimké, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Childress and Samm-Art Williams. On Friday, April 30 the project will launch with Samm-Art Williams' 90-minute drama HOME directed by Roundabout's Senior Resident Director Kenny Leon. The HOME company includes Rob D...

Roundabout & Black Theatre United Announce Plan to Elevate and Restore Marginalized Plays to the American Canon The Refocus Project's year one artists include: Alice Childress, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Angelina Weld Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, and Samm-Art Williams.by BWW News Desk As a theater known for producing revivals, Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to embracing its responsibility to reshape and refocus the parameters of the American theatre canon. Roundabout has announced The Refocus Project, an annual program dedicated to elevating rarely produced and formerly marginalized th...