Jesse L. Kearney Jr. Dies: Playwright And Strong Advocate For Black Opportunities In Theater Was 49

Jesse L. Kearney Jr., a playwright, a recipient of the Dramatists Guild’s Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship and the vice president of the advocacy group Black Broadway Men United, died Thursday, March 6, at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, of complications from a cerebral arteriovenous malformation. His death was announced by his wife Jacquelyn […]