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Debbie Allen Dance Academy’s 2025 Summer Intensive Auditions

The Rhimes Performing Arts Center 1850 S Manhattan Pl., Los Angeles

Debbie Allen Dance Academy’s 2025 Summer Intensive Auditions DADA’s flagship Los Angeles summer intensive offers a comprehensive curriculum rooted in techniques of Ballet and Modern with additional classes in Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, African, Dunham, Tap, and Musical Theater. Dancers ages 8 ...

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Ongoing

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Long Beach Playhouse 5021 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach

Long Beach Playhouse presents August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Directed by Rovin Jay Click here for tickets! Can you transcend the past? In August Wilson’s masterpiece, THE PIANO LESSON, the past is a ghost that haunts a Black family’s dreams of a ...

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$20 – $30

Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward

Edison Theatre 1000 E Victoria St., Carson

California State University, Dominguez Hills Theatre and Dance Department presents Day of Absence Written by Douglas Turner Ward Directed by Jozben Barrett Click here for tickets! Day of Absence is a satire about an imaginary Southern town where all the Black people ...

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$10 – $15

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog

Pasadena Playhouse Theater 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena

Pasadena Playhouse presents Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog Directed by Gregg T. Daniel Two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come ...

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$40 – $117

Old Black & White Hollywood by ShaWanna Renee Rivon

Loft Ensemble Mainstage 11031 Camarillo St., North Hollywood

Loft Ensemble presents Old Black & White Hollywood Written by ShaWanna Renee Rivon Directed by Bree Pavey & Cassandra Carmona Click here to RSVP! Hollywood, 1954. Black comedienne Doris Jean may be just what The Eva Rose Show needs to succeed. Despite ...

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Free

Black Bastard by Jon Gentry

Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica

The Binge Festival of Free Theatre / Santa Monica Fringe Festival presents Black Bastard Written & Preformed by Jon Gentry Directed by Shinelle Azoroh Click here for tickets! Queer. Southern. Creole… BLACK BASTARD transports audiences to 1990s Houston in a humorous, heartfelt ...

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Free