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SBT @ UCLA Listening Session

For the last three years, Support Black Theatre has been a part of UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television Orientation! We thoroughly enjoy this special time with students and faculty. This year we hosted an informative listening session with all present. …

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A Great Day In Black Theatre!

In celebration of this yearโ€™s Black Theatre Day, our friends at Oshana Arts, Black Creators Collective, and Bottle Tree Theatre Company hosted a historic moment for LA Black theatre practitioners, on Saturday, September 13th at 1pm in front of the Nate Holden …

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Inaugural L.A. Black Creators Summit

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†.โฃโฃ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ Thank you to everyone who made our first-ever ๐—Ÿ.๐—”. ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ a huge success!โฃ And thank you to our wonderful partners at The CRAFT Institute and African American Shakespeare Company. โฃWe are …

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AWNV Winners Take New York!

Our August Wilson New Voices monologue competition winners, Melissa Valdivia and Willow Chambers, took New York City by storm! In addition to their cash prizes, SBT sent them and their family members on an all expense paid trip to The Big Apple. …

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Quarterly Black Theatre Leaders Meeting

We gathered the leaders of Los Angeles’ Black theatres and had an incredibly impactful conversation around sector advocacy and organizational resilience. We’re all looking forward to an impactful second half of 2025. Shout out to The Mark Theatre for being our host …

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2025 August Wilson New Voices

๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ Thank you to everyone who made our ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ a huge success! Congratulations to all our incredible finalists and a big shout out to this yearโ€™s winners, ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (First Place), ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ (Second Place), …

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SBT Talk Forwards for Brothers of Affliction

Support Black Theatre hosted two Talk Forward events for Brothers of Affliction by Paris Crayton lll premiering at The Willie Agee Playhouse. First we gathered at Ebony Repertory Theatre for a SBT Men’s Event where we provided a whole host of products, …

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Black Theatre Leaders Dinner

Support Black Theatre, in partnership with Black Rebirth Collective, hosted a gathering of the leaders of Los Angelesโ€™ Black theatres to come together in celebration of Black History Month, for a wonderful evening of food and fellowship. As our local theatres do …

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August Wilson New Voices Orientation

We had an amazing time with the students for the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ orientation!๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพโฃ๐Ÿ’ซ A special thanks to Professor ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and our incredible partners at ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพAre you a current Los Angeles high school student who wants to …

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SBT Wilson Workshop at AGC

Preliminary auditions for this yearโ€™s August Wilson New Voices monologue competition are just around the corner! To help the students put their best foot forward, we hosted a SBT Wilson Workshop for the emerging young student-artists at Amazing Grace Conservatory. We look …

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