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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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SBT AWNV Residency at View Park Prep

We are having an incredible time providing arts education and Wilson workshops through our teaching residency at View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter High School. We are so looking forward to seeing these students shine with their August Wilson monologues during the New …

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Why We Vote 2024

Tomorrow is the big day! Support Black Theatre is anchoring a movement in partnership with Black theatres and artists all across the country to get out the vote!โฃ Our vote is our voice. And our voice is our power. Thank you to …

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UCLA Talk Forward Participants at Robbin, from the Hood

We sponsored our UCLA Talk Forward participants to attend the world premiere of Marlow Wyatt’s Robbin, From the Hood. After hearing Marlow speak on her process as a playwright and the themes of this piece at our on-campus event, this viewing became …

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SBT Moderated Talkback for Robbin, from the Hood

The world premiere of Marlow Wyatt’s Robbin, from the Hood was made even more incredible by hosting students from Brotherhood Crusade and Hands for Hope! The students enjoyed a pre-show reception, an SBT moderated post-show talkback, and met members of the cast …

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