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Maroon Arts & Culture’s Black Theatre Lab

Pomona College 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont, CA

Maroon Arts & Culture’s Black Theatre Lab: Spring Break Intensive Tailored for Black university students, this Black Theatre Lab is designed to supplement their theatre and performance studies programs with Black history, Black culture and Black aesthetics. This workshop will be led ...

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NOTHING#31: a bar, a bluff By Autumn Knight

REDCAT 631 W 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA

Drawing from her training in theater and the psychology of group dynamics, New York–based artist Autumn Knight makes performances that reshape perceptions of race, gender, and authority. Drawing from her NOTHING#31 series—an investigation into the Italian concept of “dolce far niente,” the ...

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$30

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

When Alvin Ailey and a small group of African American dancers took the stage on March 30, 1958, at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, the engagement was for one night only, but it turned out to be the start of a ...

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$34 – $125

Welcome Home by David J. Crawford

Legacy LA 1350 San Pablo St., Los Angeles, CA

Company of Angels presents L.A Short Play Festival: LA Unmasked Welcome Home By David J. Crawford Directed by Justin Lord. Featuring Leslie A. Jones, LaDonna Ouedraogo, and Kennedy Porter. A self-assured father eager to build a legacy with his son has a ...

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$15 – $20

The ABW Complex by Karen Bankhead-Hitts

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CA

Leimert Park Village Readers' Theatre Coalition in association with the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center and the Willie Agee Playhouse presents a Staged Reading of this hysterical, thought-provoking, sci-fi twist on: THE ABW COMPLEX By Karen Bankhead-Hitts Directed by Marilyn Sue ...

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$20

Monuments by A’raelle Flynn-Bolden

Ammunition Theatre presents a stage reading of Monuments By A’raelle Flynn-Bolden Directed by Celia Mandela Rivera Monuments is a three-part play that champions care and community in the face of unyielding oppression. The play puts us in the room with Lucy, Anarcha, ...

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