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  1. Charles Weldon (June 1, 1940 – December 7, 2018) was an actor, director, educator, singer, and songwriter. He was the artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company for thirteen years. He was the co-founder of the Alumni of this company, and directed many of their productions.

  2. Dec 20, 2018 · Charles Weldon, an actor and director who led the New York theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company for the past 13 years, died on Dec. 7 in Manhattan. He was 78.

  3. Dec 14, 2018 · Charles Weldon, the artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company, has died. He was 78. During his career, he directed numerous company productions, including Colored People Time, Savanna Black...

  4. Dec 14, 2018 · Actor/Director Charles Weldon, who was Artistic Director of The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) since 2005, died December 7 at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC. He was 78.

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  5. Dec 21, 2018 · Charles Weldon was born on June 1, 1940, in Wetumka, Okla. His parents, Beatrice (Jennings) and Roosevelt Weldon, were farmworkers, and when he was a year old they moved the family to...

  6. Dec 14, 2018 · Charles Weldon was a versatile performer who appeared in Hair, Buck White, and The River Niger on Broadway, and directed several plays for The Negro Ensemble Company. He joined NEC in 1970 and led the company as artistic director from 2005 until his death in 2018.

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  8. Oct 24, 2016 · Actor and artistic director Charles Weldon was born on June 1, 1940 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to Beatrice Jennings. At the age of seven, his family moved to Bakersfield, California, where he worked in nearby cotton fields until the age of seventeen, when he joined the local doo-wop group, The Paradons.