The Great Jheri Curl Debate By Inda Craig-Galván
David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesEast West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre, presents The Great Jheri Curl Debate by Inda Craig-Galván. Veralynn Jackson knows hair, her neighborhood, and that the invention of the Jheri Curl marks the end of the world. When she takes a ...
Veils: The Musical by Steven A. Butler, Jr.
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe 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 ...
Moniece Clark by LaShea Delaney
The Broadwater Main Stage 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CAThe Barker Room Rep presents Moniece Clark, a play by LaShea Delaney, directed by Mark Sitko. Moniece Clark has vanished from her California desert town. Her sister, Mimi, must trace her whereabouts with the help of a burnt-out television detective and the online ...
Oladele or the Forgotten Song at the IAMA New Works Festival
Atwater Village Theatre 3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles, United StatesIAMA 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 ...
ALOUD: Dramatizing the Black Experience with J. Holtham
Mark Taper Auditorium at the Los Angeles Central Library 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, United StatesThe 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.
Afrocentricity X Dramaturgy by Lindsay A. Jenkins
VirtualRooted 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 ...