plays
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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Robey Theatre Company releases nine scripts by Black playwrights in publishing venture
October 9, 2020For 26 years, the Robey Theatre Company has made its mission to tell the stories of the Black global diaspora on stage. It is now also doing so in print.
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August 28th online 65th anniversary reading of ‘The Ballad of Emmett Till’
August 26, 2020The Fountain Theatre has a long and esteemed history of producing and often premiering plays addressing the African-American experience, as well as other topics from a socially progressive standpoint.
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