Support Black Theatre was overjoyed to send a group of local high school students to experience the legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion! The students saw an incredible repertory of pieces from one of America’s greatest dance …
A huge congratulations to Lines in the Dust actresses Kelly Jenrette and Erica Tazel for receiving the Stage Raw Award for Leading Performance in a Play! Support Black Theatre and Collaborative Artists Bloc are beaming with pride and gratitude that Kelly and …
Support Black Theatre is so thankful to the team at local nonprofit Brotherhood Crusade for inviting us to be a part of their game-changing work for Los Angeles’ youth! SBT had such a rewarding time helping to prepare these students for real-world …
Congratulations to the August Wilson New Voices 2024 Los Angeles Finalists! We are so proud of this immensely talented group of young artists. Looking forward to SBT’s August Wilson New Voices Los Angeles Finals on Monday, March 25th, in partnership with Occidental …
Support Black Theatre had such a wonderful time teaming up with WACO Theater Center to offer an SBT August Wilson New Voices Educational Workshop to the students of WACO Theater Center! SBT Teaching Artist DeJuan Christopher led these incredibly talented students in …
What a glorious end to an amazing run! Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright, Nikkole Salter, was in the house for the closing performance of her gripping play, Lines in the Dust. The collaboration between Collaborative Artists Bloc and Support Black Theatre marked the …
Support Black Theatre was deeply moved and honored to receive a prestigious Lilly Award on November 27th, 2023, in New York City. The Lilly Awards were founded in 2010 by Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman, and Theresa Rebeck and named after playwright Lillian …
In our efforts to make Black theatre as accessible as possible for young artists, we love sponsoring students to see incredible productions like WACO & Watts Village Theatre’s Marty and the Hands That Could, Ebony Repertory Theatre’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Marlow Wyatt’s …
Support Black Theatre is proud to be the Los Angeles home for the 2023/2024 national August Wilson New Voices competition (formerly the “August Wilson Monologue Competition”). This marks the first time the competition has been helmed by a Black organization in Los …
Collaborative Artists Bloc in partnership with Support Black Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Lines in the Dust by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Nikkole Salter. Directed by Desean K. Terry, this dynamic adaptation features Emmy-nominee Kelly Jenrette and NAACP award winner Erica …