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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

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center 110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA, United States

Antaeus Theatre Company presents Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed Jennifer Chang. A modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman, this is the story of “Everybody,” and their journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. Representing the randomness of life and ...

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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

The Great Jheri Curl Debate By Inda Craig-Galván

David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA, United States

East 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 ...

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$20 – $60

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

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