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August Wilson’s Fences

Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Playhouse presents August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Yvette Freeman Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson’s best and most well-known plays, we ...

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Furlough’s Paradise Black Partners Appreciation Night

Gil Cates Theater 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Geffen Playhouse presents Furlough’s Paradise BLACK PARTNERS APPRECIATION NIGHT Click here for tickets! In the spirit of Broadway's Black Out Nights, Geffen Playhouse welcomes Black audiences to experience this powerful Black family drama alongside passionate community partners in a celebratory environment. 100% ...

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$39 – $129

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents Debate

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Debate Click here for tickets! “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?” This was the powerful question posed on February 18, 1965, when a packed audience at the Cambridge ...

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$25

Affirmative ReAction Comedy w/ Idris’ Elbas & The Regina Kings

The Broadwater Second Stage 6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Affirmative ReAction Comedy w/ Idris' Elbas & The Regina Kings Click here for tickets! 2 Improv groups. 1 Night. ALL BLACK! On the 1st Saturday of every month at 7pm, catch 2 ensembles from the brightest actors and comedians Los Angeles has ...

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August Wilson’s Fences

Studio City Branch Public Library 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA

Interact Theatre Company presents a staged reading of August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Michael A. Shepperd Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded from the major leagues in his ...

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Free

California Story by Roger Q. Mason

Caminito Theater - Los Angeles City College 855 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Outside In Theatre, in partnership with LACC Theatre Academy, presents California Story Written by Roger Q. Mason Directed by Michael Alvarez Click here for tickets! This genre-defying historical drama explores the complex journey of California’s last Mexican governor, Pío Pico, whose pursuit ...

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$17 – $27