Curtain rises on Indy’s first Black theater collective

For the first time Indianapolis has a black equity theater company. The Naptown African American Theatre Collective was officially formed earlier this year. It's putting on its first full production this week at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center downtown.

LaKesha Lorene is the founder and producing director of this new collective, and Dena Toler is one of the actors in the upcoming play “Detroit ‘67.”   They spoke to WFYI’s Ray Steele in our studio.

RAY STEELE:  Indy has seen a noticeable boost, at least it seems to me . . .