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JuCoby Johnson's new play "Heritage" premiered at the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, and provided audiences with an unvarnished perspective on the Black church and its lasting impact on the lives of those who attend.

The new play performed by the North Carolina Black Repertory Company chronicles the poet, author, entertainer, and activist’s entire life from rural Arkansas, to world traveler, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Award-winning playwright Neil Simon died this weekend at age 91. The prolific writer was perhaps best known for “The Odd Couple,” which went on to become…