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BLUE by June Carryl

The Matrix Theatre 7657 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Rogue Machine Theatre presents BLUE by June Carryl, directed by Michael Matthews​. Featuring Julanne Chidi-Hill and John Colella. LAPD Detective LaRhonda Parker investigates the shooting of a Black motorist during a traffic stop. The officer in question is Boyd Sully, a family ...

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$10 – $30

The Robey Theatre Company presents A Heated Discussion Revisted

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

The Robey Theatre Company presents A HEATED DISCUSSION REVISITED by Levy Lee Simon, directed by Ben Guillory. A trio of Orishas (entities of the spirit world), dismayed and enraged at the state of the world today and the fates of African Americans ...

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A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller

Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Center Theatre Group presents A Soldier’s Play, the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning thriller by Charles Fuller. Originally staged Off-Broadway by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1981, this iconic play has rocketed back into the spotlight, thanks to this 2020 Tony Award®-winning Best Revival from Roundabout ...

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The Darkness: Goddess Revealed by Nick Gillie

The Actors' Gang Theater 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA

The Actors’ Gang, Black University and Okan Entertainment present Nick Gillie’s The Darkness: Goddess Revealed, directed by Dwain Perry. The Darkness: Goddess Revealed is told through the perspective of three vastly different characters, all played by writer Nick Gillie: Glory Banks was ...

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$25 – $35

FUCKIN LOUD by M. Imani West at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

905 Cole Theatre at Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop 905 Cole Ave., Los Angeles, CA

The Malodrama Productions presents the West Coast premiere of FUCKIN LOUD by M. Imani West, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection, directed by Jackeline Torres Cortès. FUCKIN LOUD is a solo choreopoem—a blend of poetry, storytelling, music, and dance, as defined by Ntozake ...

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$16.16

THE ALLURE OF THUG LIFE by Mélia Mills at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

905 Cole Theatre at Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop 905 Cole Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Mélia Mills presents THE ALLURE OF THUG LIFE, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection. THE ALLURE OF THUG LIFE is a Hip Hopsical comedy about Mélia, an upper middle-class teen from Oakland who wants to be a gangster rapper. Picture a 15 year ...

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$10