The House of George is a historically relevant play capturing a community unrest of barbershop robberies and gentrification in the late 90's.  Howard Craft creatively captures an internal snapshot of one hypothetical, Black Barbershop which stands as a neighborhood cornerstone.  George, its owner, unapologetically expresses his frustrations about a changing community as he invests in the next generation of Black business owners.  The play is filled with barbershop humor, wittiness, and emotions truthfully reflecting the Black experience.  

The accomplishments of Author Howard L. Craft, a NCCU alum, have extended far and reaching as wide as Off Broadway with his play, Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green. Craft is currently the Piller Professor of the practice for the Writing for the Stage and Screen program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Theatre Adjunct Professor at NCCU. 

The show is nicely mixed with NCCU theatre alumni as Gil Faison (class of 92) and Chase Rivers (class of '19) share the stage with current theatre majors. Other cast members include Elijah Spencer, Foye Thornton, Jaylan Ivery, and Trenton Brown.

North Carolina Central University, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST), takes prides in NCCU University Theatre being listed among the top ten best HBCU Theatre Schools in the United States by Hbcu-Colleges.com. The department is designed to satisfy the needs of a broad range of enthusiastic students and to give them the widest possible exposure to accomplishments in theatre and experiences that will develop them as capable theatre practitioners. Offering a bachelor’s degree in Theatre, our life and career applicable concentrations prepare majors to become performers, choreographers, teachers, directors, designers and technicians, production managers, media specialists, and dramaturgs in a culturally diverse world.​

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