Founded in 1979 by Larry Leon Hamlin, the North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NC Black Rep) is the first professional Black theatre company in North Carolina. NC Black Rep is committed to exposing diverse audiences to Black theatre classics, developing and producing new works, and sustaining Black theatre internationally. This continues to be the benchmark by which all projects are measured. The Company is universally recognized for its celebrated outreach program, the International Black Theatre Festival ^® (IBTF).