Karamu House in Cleveland is presenting Jubilee, a production by playwright and director Tazewell Thompson about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, running March 26 through April 19, 2026. The Fisk Jubilee Singers were established in 1871 at Fisk University in Nashville to raise funds for the school, which had opened five years earlier. The ensemble, whose original membership included formerly enslaved individuals, gained international recognition while facing considerable opposition, and continues to perform today with current Fisk students.

The Karamu staging is directed by Nathan Henry, with vocal arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell. The production features more than 40 African-American spirituals performed a cappella. Karamu reported that 50 percent of tickets for the run had already sold at the time of the announcement and encouraged patrons to purchase early. Tickets are available through Karamu’s website.

Karamu House, founded in 1915 in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood, is the oldest African-American theater in the United States and has served as a center for Black arts and culture in Northeast Ohio for more than a century.

Source: CoolCleveland