plays
‘An Octoroon’: Intellectual rollercoaster ride of a play about race in America
June 22, 2021In that “the show must go on” spirit, live theater is returning to Los Angeles stages.
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African-American playwright August Wilson honored on ‘forever’ stamp
March 11, 2021The 44th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005), the “the theater’s poet of Black America,” who brought fresh perspectives and previously unheard voices to the American stage....
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Echo Theater Company offers readings of new plays about sexuality and identity
January 11, 2021The Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, presents LABFest 2021, a virtual reading festival of three new plays.
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Travel to L.A. with Antaeus Theatre Company’s ‘Zip Code Plays’ podcast series
November 12, 2020Antaeus is an actor-driven theater company that explores and produces timely and timeless works.
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Black composer Joseph Bologne’s opera ‘The Anonymous Lover’ to stream November 14
November 10, 2020The Anonymous Lover will be the inaugural presentation of LA Opera’s On Now initiative to make streaming a permanent part of its programming.
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