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A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller

Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles

Center Theatre Group presents A Soldier’s Play, the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning thriller by Charles Fuller. Originally staged Off-Broadway by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1981, this iconic play has rocketed back into the spotlight, thanks to this 2020 Tony Award®-winning Best Revival from Roundabout ...

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BLUE by June Carryl

The Matrix Theatre 7657 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles

Rogue Machine Theatre presents BLUE by June Carryl, directed by Michael Matthews​. Featuring Julanne Chidi-Hill and John Colella. LAPD Detective LaRhonda Parker investigates the shooting of a Black motorist during a traffic stop. The officer in question is Boyd Sully, a family ...

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$10 – $30

can i touch it? by Francisca Da Silveira

The Matrix Theatre 7657 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles

Rogue Machine Theatre presents can i touch it? by Francisca Da Silveira, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Shay Solomon is many things - but there’s one thing she’s definitely not: a pawn in the bank’s efforts to buy up foreclosed real estate. ...

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$10 – $45

The Robey Theatre Company presents A Heated Discussion Revisted

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

The Robey Theatre Company presents A HEATED DISCUSSION REVISITED by Levy Lee Simon, directed by Ben Guillory. A trio of Orishas (entities of the spirit world), dismayed and enraged at the state of the world today and the fates of African Americans ...

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3 Black Girl Blues by Anthony D’Juan and Danielle Moné Truitt

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

Truitt Love Productions and CMA Entertainment present 3 Black Girl Blues, created and performed by Danielle Moné Truitt, written by Anthony D'Juan. 3: BLACK GIRL BLUES is a tale of three close friends - Keisha, Jill and Stephanie - who grew up ...

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$42.50

Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage

Long Beach Playhouse 5021 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach

Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Sonya Randall, is playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater! Featuring: Alisha Anderson, De’Sean Moore, Danielle Davis, Leopold, and Logan Battle. May 19– June 17, 2023 In the summer of 1930 in ...

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$20 – $35

The Darkness: Goddess Revealed by Nick Gillie

The Actors' Gang Theater 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City

The Actors’ Gang, Black University and Okan Entertainment present Nick Gillie’s The Darkness: Goddess Revealed, directed by Dwain Perry. The Darkness: Goddess Revealed is told through the perspective of three vastly different characters, all played by writer Nick Gillie: Glory Banks was ...

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$25 – $35