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This talk will occur as part of the Department of Theater and Drama’s African American Drama course taught by Prof. Antonio Disla, as a continuation of the conversation listed above. NAACP and OBIE Award Winner, Ty Jones, assumed the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s artistic and organizational management in 2009 after the financialcrisis nearly forced the organization’s closing. Under his leadership,CTH stabilized its finances, grew its donor base and expanded its programming and community-based initiatives. Mr. Jones envisioned and launched CTH’s Uptown Shakespeare in the Park series in 2013, initiated an Uptown meets Downtown collaboration program, implemented CTH’s free monthly Literary Series to support playwrights of color and created educational programs for Harlem youth. In addition, Mr. Jones has assembled an exceptional board and staff and developed an organizational template for similar sized arts organizations to potentially replicate for their own stability.