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Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center 110 East Broadway, Glendale

Antaeus Theatre Company presents Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed Jennifer Chang. A modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman, this is the story of “Everybody,” and their journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. Representing the randomness of life and ...

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The Great Jheri Curl Debate By Inda Craig-Galván

David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles

East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre, presents The Great Jheri Curl Debate by Inda Craig-Galván. Veralynn Jackson knows hair, her neighborhood, and that the invention of the Jheri Curl marks the end of the world. When she takes a ...

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$20 – $60
Ongoing

Moniece Clark by LaShea Delaney

The Broadwater Main Stage 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles

The Barker Room Rep presents Moniece Clark, a play by LaShea Delaney, directed by Mark Sitko. Moniece Clark has vanished from her California desert town. Her sister, Mimi, must trace her whereabouts with the help of a burnt-out television detective and the online ...

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$25

The Advanced Scene Study Workshop at The Robey Theatre Company

Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles

Making Theatre with Ben Guillory, or as we commonly know it, the Advanced Scene Study Workshop (ASSW), began meeting for the first time since their 2020 pandemic hiatus. They are back, and it feels so good! Although they continue to adhere to ...

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$500

Playwrights Lab by The Robey Theatre Company

Virtual

The Robey Theatre Company offers workshops and labs that focus on artist development.  Offered on Saturdays over ten weeks and facilitated by our Resident Dramaturg, the Playwrights Lab is exclusively focused on new play development.  At any given time, between five and ...

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$250

Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham

Julianne Argyros Stage 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

“An artist’s responsibility is to reflect the times.” — Nina Simone South Coast Repertory presents Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham, directed by Logan Vaughn. Following the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Nina Simone shifted her talents to ...

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$35 – $89