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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

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

Lower Depth Theatre’s Writers Revealed — The Podcast

Virtual

Cycle of Poverty: Part 1 with Vasanti Saxena & Marlow Wyatt In the first episode of a special two part series, get an exclusive first look at two of the in-development plays from Lower Depth Theatre’s Commission Fellowship Program. Vasanti Saxena and ...

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Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage

Mark Taper Forum 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Center Theatre Group presents this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat). The West Coast premiere of Clyde’s, directed by Kate Whoriskey, is a new comedy that serves up the story of ordinary characters with big ...

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$35 – $105

Costume Design 101: A Masterclass by Charlese Antoinette

Virtual

Costume Designer Charlese Antoinette (Judas and the Black Messiah) brings a virtual Master Class on Costume Design to share her acclaimed designing process. She will teach how to visually communicate your ideas to the actors, director and entire costume team, as well ...

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$299 – $599

The BCC presents The 2022 Director’s Showcase: A profound examination of Black life in America

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

Join The Black Creators Collective for their 2022 Director's Showcase, as they take the audience on a deep exploration of the Black American experience through the lens of six powerfully prolific and contemporary playwrights. Scenes will be featured from the following plays: Sugar ...

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$15