The Black Theatre Alliance (BTA) was a federation of African American theater companies in New York City that was founded in 1971 by playwrights Delano Stewart, Hazel Bryant, and Roger Furman.
[2] The organization sought to provide institutional support and resources to independent artists and touring companies.
[3] As one of seven subcontractors for the Cultural Council Foundation CETA Artist Project, which ran from 1978 to 1980, the Alliance was able to hire 35 actors, directors and playwrights, and mount performances throughout the city.
The BTA had a national membership of over sixty black theater and dance companies before being reported as defunct in 1984.
[1] It also sponsored an annual Black Theater Alliance Festival that took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.