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Toni Morrison’s THE BLUEST EYE Adapted by Lydia R. Diamond

A Noise Within Theatre 3352 E Foothill Blvd., Pasadena

A Noise Within presents Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, adapted by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Andi Chapman. Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl in 1940’s Ohio, wants nothing more than to be loved and prays for Shirley Temple’s blue eyes. ...

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$29 – $89
Ongoing

Towne Street Theatre’s Hiphop Theatre with RJ Wayne

Stella Adler Theatre at Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre 6773 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Fl., Hollywood

Towne Street Theatre’s Hiphop Theatre Workshop with RJ Wayne! Based on the teachings of the Hiphop Shakespeare Theatre in London, founded by BAFTA and MOBO Award-winning Hiphop Artist "AKALA", RJ has already created a Book of Hiphop Monologues for Theatre (Milkcrate Monologues ...

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$150

Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

Savannah Cat Jungle Cat Productions presents Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine, directed by Hadiza Hinish. FABULATION is a social satire about Undine Barnes Calles, an ambitious & haughty woman, who's husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. ...

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$25 – $40

The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen by Les Kurkendaal-Barrett

Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles

Celebration Theatre and Los Angeles LGBT Center present The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen Written and Performed by Les Kurkendaal-Barrett. While under anesthetic euphoria, a Black gay artist named Les is visited by the effervescent spirit of ...

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$35 – $40