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Towne Street Theatre’s Writing A 10-Minute Play with Mildred Lewis

Virtual

Announcing Towne Street Workshops! Writing A 10-Minute Play with Mildred Lewis Virtual 6-week Course, with Last Class as Live Performance June 13th - July 18th, $150  Limited to 10 students Individual feedback provided. Overview of Playwriting: Formatting, Styles, Basic principles. Who is Mildred ...

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$150

Nothing, Nothing by Amina Henry

Hero Theatre presents Nothing, Nothing by Amina Henry, directed by Elisa Bocanegra. A celebration of joy, romance, and community, NOTHING, NOTHING is a site-specific adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing set and performed entirely in a Baptist church! This adaptation puts ...

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Ongoing

Fetch Clay, Make Man by Will Power

Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City

Center Theatre Group, in association with SpringHill, presents Fetch Clay, Make Man by Will Power, directed by Debbie Allen. In the days leading up to one of Cassius Clay’s most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with the ...

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$30 – $79

The Robey Theatre Company presents A Masterclass with Playwright Levy Lee Simon

Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles

The multiple award-winning playwright, Levy Lee Simon, will present three master classes in playwriting. He is recognized as one of the most prolific playwrights of our generation, having written over twenty plays with 45 productions produced in New York, Los Angeles, across ...

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$150

Stew by Zora Howard

Pasadena Playhouse Theater 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena

Pasadena Playhouse presents Stew by Zora Howard, directed by Tyler Thomas. Mama and the girls are in the kitchen early preparing her famous stew for a big event in Zora Howard’s humorous, haunting, and sharp 90-minute drama. As these three generations of ...

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$35 – $117

Sister, Braid My Hair By Sarahjeen François

The Zephyr Theater 7456 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles

The SheLA Summer Theater Festival presents Sister, Braid My Hair by Sarahjeen François! A peek into the life behind a quintessentially Black work of art: Oak and her three sisters, Olei, Yeva, and Soraya– live out their days as figures in a ...

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$30

Black Girlz Productions presents Love Letters to the Black Man

Theatre 68 Arts Complex 5112 Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles

Black Girlz Productions presents Love Letters to the Black Man, a celebration of Black men, through the arts. Welcome Everyone! Black Girlz Productions invites you to come together for a positive night to honor and support the Black men in our lives. ...

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$40