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WACO Theater Center presents We the People

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood

WACO Theater Center presents We the People WE THE PEOPLE is a two-weekend festival of Black art and ideas, featuring the multidisciplinary work of five LA-based artists. Join us to experience work from this dynamic group of Artist-Citizens, utilizing their artistic practice ...

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$10 – $40

2nd Annual Hollywood Tap Festival

The Rhimes Performing Arts Center 1850 S Manhattan Pl., Los Angeles

The Debbie Allen Dance Academy and the Chloe and Maud Foundation present The 2nd Annual Hollywood Tap Festival! Join the 2nd Annual Hollywood Tap Festival, co-presented by the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and international tap talents Chloe and Maud Arnold of the ...

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Ongoing

My White Husband By Leviticus Jelks

Moving Arts Theatre 3191 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles

Moving Arts Theatre Company presents My White Husband By Leviticus Jelks Directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed Excitement Soon Turns To Doubt — And Modern Reality Blurs Into Retro Fantasy — When Young Screenwriter, Omar, Gets His Pilot Picked Up By A Hollywood Studio, ...

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$20 – $30

Fat Ham by James Ijames

Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego

The Old Globe presents the Broadway production of Fat Ham By James Ijames Original direction by Saheem Ali Directed by Sideeq Heard The 2022 Pulitzer-winning, Tony-nominated sensation Fat Ham is a fresh and funny take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet that The New York ...

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$29 – $119

Robey Theatre Company’s Advanced Scene Study Workshop

Victory Theatre Center 3326 W Victory Blvd., Burbank

Robey Theatre Company’s Advanced Scene Study Workshop is Open for Submissions! Guided by The Robey Theatre Company's award-winning Producing Artistic Director, Ben Guillory, the Advanced Scene Study Workshop provides an intense live ten-week scene study for actors who wish to bring their ...

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$500

Jelly’s Last Jam

Pasadena Playhouse Theater 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena

Pasadena Playhouse presents Jelly’s Last Jam Book by George C. Wolfe Music by Jelly Roll Morton Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Musical Adaptation and Additional Music Composed By Luther Henderson When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, ...

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$44 – $142

Robey Theatre Company’s Playwrights Lab

Virtual

The Robey Theatre Company’s Playwright Lab is Open for Submissions! The Playwrights Lab is dedicated to the art of storytelling and high-quality playmaking. The process is collaborative and designed to encourage artistic growth and expression. Built into the design are opportunities for ...

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$250

A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson

Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles

WINNER! EVERY BEST MUSICAL AWARD IN NEW YORK Center Theatre Group and the American Conservatory Theater present A Strange Loop Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson Choreography by Raja Feather Kelly Directed by Stephen Brackett The ground-breaking and critically acclaimed ...

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$29 – $155

Black Bastard by Jon Gentry at HFF

Asylum at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre 5636 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles

Black Bastard Written & Performed by Jon Gentry Directed by Shinelle Azoroh at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) Black Bastard is a poignant exploration of identity and becoming, told in phases that move through the intricacies of growing up as the black sheep ...

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The Sphere of Fixed Stars in the Heavens by J. Holtham at HFF

The Broadwater Main Stage 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles

The Sphere of Fixed Stars in the Heavens Written by J. Holtham Directed by Ellie Pyle at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) On a rooftop in North Hollywood, Owen and Elodie meet at a friend’s birthday party. Then they meet again. And ...

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$20

Mermaid by Italome Ohikhuare at HFF

The Broadwater Studio 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles

Mermaid Written & Performed by Italome Ohikhuare Directed by Matthew Singletary at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) SUNDANCE INSTITUTE KNIGHT FELLOWS PROJECT 2024 FRINGE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER An American bridesmaid clashes with her Nigerian relatives at a family wedding. But her life changes ...

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Dear James by Anthony Rucker at HFF

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

Dear James by Anthony Rucker Featuring Charles Reese at the Hollywood Fringe Festival A thought provoking, entertaining, and insightful journey through the mind of the renowned poet Anthony ‘Da Boogie Man’  Rucker in the form of a conversation with James Baldwin. Walk ...

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Inner City Cultural Center II presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

Hudson Mainstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Poets Jazz House, Inner City Cultural Center II and Tuesday Conner are proud to present "Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology" starring Gil Scott-Herons daughter Gia Scott-Heron. Join an evening that will spark your soul and shake your emotions when ...

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$25 – $35

TYT 5 by Byron Coolie and Sidney Edwards at HFF

The Broadwater Studio 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles

TYT 5 by Byron Coolie and Sidney Edwards Directed by Sidney Edwards at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) TYT 5 (tight five) is a play with three monologues that follow our main character “Byron Coolie” at three different points in his life ...

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$15

TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group by Terrell M. Green at HFF

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

TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group Written & Directed by Terrell M. Green at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group by Terrell M. Green is a lip sync musical about the first BIPOC  Trans Girl group to make it ...

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Who in the World is Valerie Lacy? By Valerie Lacy at HFF

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

Who in the World is Valerie Lacy? Written & Performed by Valerie Lacy Directed by Danielle Moné Truitt at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) Who in the World is Valerie Lacy? is a gripping series that peels back the layers of a young ...

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$15

2Rhythms Theatre presents King James

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood

2Rhythms Theatre presents King James The breathtaking career of NBA icon LeBron James is the backdrop for this energetic and funny play. Shawn is Black and Matt is White, and they couldn’t be more different—except for their love of the Cleveland Cavaliers. ...

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$15 – $30

BBC (Big Black Cockroach) by Paul Outlaw

REDCAT 631 W 2nd St., Los Angeles

Writer and performer Paul Outlaw returns to REDCAT with a gripping work of experimental theatre, inspired by classical European mythology, American comic books, current events, and Franz Kafka’s best known novel, Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis). A nightmarish satire, in which a right-wing ...

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$27

The People with the Trees in Their Chest by Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors

The Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Grand Vision Foundation presents The People with the Trees in Their Chest By Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors Directed by Bruce Lemon, Jr. Join the incredible workshop performance of a new, original play by playwright, Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors. A modern-day play following ...

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Free

Towne Street Theatre’s Pride and Juneteenth Reading Series

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

Celebrate Pride and Juneteenth with TST! Embrace the intersectionality of liberation in Towne Street Theatre’s work as they honor the struggles and triumphs of both movements. Let's continue to shine a light on the stories that shape our shared history and inspire ...

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The Good Lucks by Maat Atkins at HFF

The Madnani Theater 6760 Lexington Ave., Los Angeles

The Good Lucks by Maat Atkins at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) It’s awards season and a married couple, The Goodlucks, is on edge when there is buzz from their critically acclaimed stage play they performed and produced. Produced and directed by ...

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$12

Not a Moment, But a Movement Festival

Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City

In collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company, Center Theatre Group presents a second season of Not A Moment, But A Movement, an initiative created to amplify, center, and celebrate Black voices. For this second season, six ...

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$10 – $15