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Moniece Clark by LaShea Delaney

The Broadwater Main Stage 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA

The 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 ...

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$25

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

The Advanced Scene Study Workshop at The Robey Theatre Company

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

Making Theatre with Ben Guillory, or as we commonly know it, the Advanced Scene Study Workshop (ASSW), began meeting for the first time since their 2020 pandemic hiatus. They are back, and it feels so good! Although they continue to adhere to ...

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$500

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

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

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