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August Wilson’s Fences

Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach

Laguna Playhouse presents August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Yvette Freeman Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson’s best and most well-known plays, we ...

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Ongoing

The Robey Theatre Company presents Last Night at Mikell’s

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

The Robey Theatre Company presents Last Night at Mikell's Written by Larry Muhammad Directed by Ben Guillory Click here for tickets! Synopsis- James Baldwin is writing himself into bad health. After two heart attacks, the author returns to New York for some ...

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$25 – $50

Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne

Gil Cates Theater 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles

Geffen Playhouse presents the West Coast Premiere of Furlough’s Paradise Written by a.k. payne Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden Click here for tickets! Cousins Sade and Mina used to be inseparable. Now leading very different lives, they return to their childhood town for ...

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$36 – $139

The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds

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

Latino Theatre Company presents The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds by Rickérby Hinds Directed by Daphnie Sicre In The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds, an AfroLatino playwright finds himself at an impasse, struggling to write a play that authentically captures the complexities ...

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$10 – $75

Suburban Black Girl by Zakiya Urbi Young

Outside In ArtBox Studio 5319 York Blvd., Los Angeles

Outside In Theatre & SPARK THEATRICAL/Laurie Bernhard presents Suburban Black Girl Created & Performed by Zakiya Urbi Young Directed by Jacole Kitchen Zakiya Young: poster child for racial reconciliation. She code switches with lightning speed. White sorority? Like, no prob. A Black ...

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$17 – $27

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone By Javon Johnson Directed by Justin Lord Click here for tickets! Hambone is a generational play about four Black men's struggles in the context of family dislocation and cultural alienation. It explores the bonds of friendship, the ...

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$50

Furlough’s Paradise Black Partners Appreciation Night

Gil Cates Theater 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles

Geffen Playhouse presents Furlough’s Paradise BLACK PARTNERS APPRECIATION NIGHT Click here for tickets! In the spirit of Broadway's Black Out Nights, Geffen Playhouse welcomes Black audiences to experience this powerful Black family drama alongside passionate community partners in a celebratory environment. 100% ...

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$39 – $129

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents Debate

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Debate Click here for tickets! “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?” This was the powerful question posed on February 18, 1965, when a packed audience at the Cambridge ...

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$25