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Barbara George, Girl Blue, and Yoj™ at the L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival 2022

Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, United States

Since its inception in 2005, Center Theatre Group has supported a cohort of playwrights to help them author new plays with the L.A. Writers’ Workshop. This year 10 women—Jami Brandli, June Carryl, Penelope Lowder, Lisa Ramirez, Jessica Ko, Pia Shah, Judy Soo ...

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$30

Red Ribbons by Marlow Wyatt

Victory Theatre Center 3326 W Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA, United States

Presented at the Victory Theatre in Burbank by award-winning writer/producer Rashim Cannad, with direction by the incredibly talented Aaron Braxton, Marlow Wyatt’s Red Ribbons is a multi-ethnic, mixed-media arts drama that captures the healing bond of two strangers coping with the emotional ...

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$10

Veils: The Musical by Steven A. Butler, Jr.

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

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) has teamed with Restoration Stage (Washington, D.C.) to bring the popular musical Veils by Steven A. Butler, Jr., directed by Courtney Baker-Oliver, and music and lyrics by Courtney Baker-Oliver & Christopher John Burnett, back to Los ...

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$45 – $55

Oladele or the Forgotten Song at the IAMA New Works Festival

Atwater Village Theatre 3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles, United States

IAMA Theatre Company New Works Festival — IAMA Theatre Company presents staged readings of six new plays over the course of two weekends in this annual series. Sunday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. Oladele or The Forgotten Song by Kacie Rogers, directed by ...

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$15

ALOUD: Dramatizing the Black Experience with J. Holtham

Mark Taper Auditorium at the Los Angeles Central Library 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, United States

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles presents ALOUD: Dramatizing the Black Experience, curated by J. Holtham, in conversation with playwrights, Vivian J.O. Barnes, Inda Craig-Galván, and Dave Harris. Registration opens on Thursday, September 8th.

Free

Afrocentricity X Dramaturgy by Lindsay A. Jenkins

Virtual

Rooted in heritage and focused on the future, Afrocentricity X Dramaturgy is an approach to the development of creative work that centers the Black experience and interrogates the white gaze. Drawing on research from theatre arts, Africana studies and performance studies, this ...

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$59