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Playwrights Lab by The Robey Theatre Company

Virtual

The Robey Theatre Company offers workshops and labs that focus on artist development.  Offered on Saturdays over ten weeks and facilitated by our Resident Dramaturg, the Playwrights Lab is exclusively focused on new play development.  At any given time, between five and ...

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$250

August Wilson’s Radio Golf

A Noise Within Theatre 3352 E Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA

A Noise Within’s exploration of Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s American Century Cycle jumps from its first play, Gem of the Ocean (produced by ANW as part of their 2019-20 season), to its last— Radio Golf, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in the ...

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Omar composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

LA Opera presents Omar, composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, and conducted by Kazem Abdullah. In 1807, a 37-year-old scholar living in West Africa was captured and forced aboard a ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. Omar Ibn Said's life and ...

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$15 – $199

The Robey Theatre Company presents Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan

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

The Robey Theatre Company, in association with The Los Angeles Theatre Center, presents the world-premiere of Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan by Kwik Jones, directed by Julian White. Los Angeles, California, 1938, Mr. Avery's Hotel. A microcosm of a nation that has been steep in a vicious ...

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$25 – $40

SBT’s New Works Pipeline for Nikkole Salter’s Lines in the Dust

MKM Cultural Arts Center 11401 Chandler Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United States

SBT's New Works Pipeline is back! Join us for the reading of an evocative play, dinner, drinks, and a post-show community-building event. Exciting announcement to follow!! Included in the price of a ticket: Catering by Bludso's and Hot & Cool Cafe (vegan), ...

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$25

The Willie Agee Playhouse presents A Conversation with an Actor

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CA

The Willie Agee Playhouse presents A Conversation with an Actor: The Process, The Business, and More… James T. Alfred in conversation with actor/director/producer Jeremy Tardy about his experiences in film and television. Q&A to follow. This is a great chance to get up ...

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Free