Theatre of the Absurd was a reaction to the horrors and the general lack of loneliness in the world after World War II.

The name 'Theatre of the Absurd' was coined by British dramatist and critic Martin Esslin in 1950

Samuel  Beckett was a well-known  Poor Theater playwright

The poor theater is a style of theatre that deliberately chooses not to use elaborate sets, costumes, props, or lighting effects.

Mike Grotowski was a  Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theatre

The acting area  of Black Theater was often bare with little set and few props

Grotowski produced the play Apocalypsis cum figuris

Two of the biggest names in black theater from the 1980s and 1990s were Everett LeRoi Jones and Ed Bullins

Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is widely recognized as the founder of BAM.

One of the Black Theater themes was slavery