The National Black Theatre has survived over 30 years after the Black Arts Movement by following their core missions. The first mission is to produce transformational theater that helps to shift the inaccuracy around African Americans' cultural identity by telling authentic stories of Black lifestyle. The second is to use theater arts as a way to educate, entertain, empower and inform people about current social issues impacting our communities. For example, this play, “Dead and Breathing,” presented a transgendered nurse and the traumatizing events that happened in her life. Lastly, to provide a safe space for artists of color to articulate the complexity, beauty and artistic excellence; Arts such as acting, directing, producing, designing,
