Our awesome GroundED Teaching Artists had a ball with Ms. Swann’s talented students at Verdugo Hills High School. Students learned about the contributions of four great playwrights — August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, and Phillip Hayes Dean — and worked on …
Our quarterly Black Theatre Leaders Meetings cultivate trust, alignment, and collaboration among artistic directors, producers, educators, and cultural workers leading our sectors’ Black entities. Our first meeting of the year was grounded resource-sharing, relationship-building, and giving key updates on what will be …
For the past three years, Support Black Theatre has proudly served as the Los Angeles home for the national August Wilson New Voices (AWNV). We are excited to announce the next evolution of this beloved program: Legacy Rising, a Los Angeles–based monologue competition celebrating …
SBT Founder/Executive Director Sophina Brown and SBT Teaching Artist DeJuan Christopher had an incredible time participating in this year’s American College Theatre Festival on the campus of Glendale Community College. We spoke with a room full of future leaders and next generation …
On MLK Day, we partnered with The Image Monster to hold space for Black actresses: to laugh, to release, to heal, and to speak freely about the industry and self-image. Thank you to the incredible founder and CEO of The Image Monster, …
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Support Black Theatre was so happy to support PC3 Productions’ first LA reading of Welcome to the Blue Swan by Paris Crayton lll. We moderated an audience talk back with three incredible mental health experts — Nakeya Fields, Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks, and …
Support Black Theatre joined in Fall of Freedom, a national movement of artistic expression and solidarity. On November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will hosted exhibitions, performances, and public events that channeled the …
We hosted our first Courage Through Creation series workshop for students in partnership with Outside In Theatre’s production of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith. Dr. Gregory King, SBT Director of Education and Research, led an …
