When prominent actor-director-educator Margo Hall was recently appointed artistic director of San Francisco’s Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the news reverberated joyfully throughout the Bay Area theater scene.
Hall, the first female to head the nearly-40-year-old company, is a longtime and much-admired member of the community. She has worked with such stellar companies as Campo Santo (of which she is a founding member), Word for Word, California Shakespeare Theater, American Conservatory Theater and many more, and has taught at University of California, Berkeley, Chabot Community College, ACT’s masters of fine arts program and elsewhere.
Now, she is poised to bring much-needed new and vibrant life to the Hansberry. Alongside African-American Shakespeare Company, AfroSolo and Cultural Odyssey, the Hansberry comprises The City’s contingent of Black-led and focused theaters.
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