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Blessing Lessons


Blessing Lessons is the second in a trilogy of fact-based plays about Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, the 19th Century American humanitarian and educator of Black and ...


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BLESSING LESSONS From The Robey Theatre Company Begins June 23


by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2024

Attend a free reading of the new play BLESSING LESSONS by Albert Cowart, Jr. at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on June 23, 2024....

THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY AND JUNE & More Lead Los Angeles's June 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - June 03, 2024

Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2024 include The Ballad of Johnny and June & more!...

Review: GHOST WALTZ at Latino Theatre Company At LATC


by Evan Henerson - May 17, 2024

A moody dramatic dive into the life of a violinist whose celebrated waltz got him mistaken for Strauss. As lovely as Alberto Barboza’s production looks on stage at the Los Angeles Theatre Center – and as melodic as it often sounds – GHOST WALTZ’s impact is as fleeting as the spirits who populate it....

Photos: First Look at MIX-MIX: The Filipino Adventures Of A German Jewish Boy at The LATC


by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2024

The world premiere of an epic World War II odyssey inspired by an astonishing, little-known true story opens this weekend at The Los Angeles Theatre Center in a co-production between L.A.’s Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena. Check out all new photos here!...

Interview: Casey Adler of MIX-MIX: THE FILIPINO ADVENTURES OF A GERMAN JEWISH BOY at L. A. Theatre Center


by Gil Kaan - May 17, 2024

A co-production between Latino Theater Conpany and Playwrights’ Arena, the world premiere of Boni B. Alvarez’ Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of A German Jewish Boy opens May 18, 2024; at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. ...

Photos: Latino Company Presents GHOST WALTZ By Oliver Mayer


by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2024

Latino Theater Company opens its Spring 2024 season this weekend with the world premiere of an innovative and daring new play with music. See photos from the production!...

MIX-MIX: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy to Open at The Los Angeles Theatre Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2024

Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena will present the world premiere of an epic World War II odyssey inspired by an astonishing, little-known true story....

Jose Luis Valenzuela to Direct LA Premiere of AMERICAN MARIACHI at Latino Theater Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2024

Latino Theater Company will present the Los Angeles premiere of American Mariachi. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets....

Latino Theater Company Opens Spring 2024 Season With GHOST WALTZ Next Month


by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2024

Latino Theater Company will open its Spring 2024 season with the world premiere of an innovative and daring new play with music. ...

The 31st Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival To Host Opening Night Champagne GALA


by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2024

The 31st Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival will honor eight deserving women for their exceptional career and life achievements in the Opening Night Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony on March 28, 2024. Hosted by Hattie Winston and Margaret Avery....

Past Shows

Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy


Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena present the world premiere of an epic World War II odyssey inspired by an astonishing, little-known true story. Grand ...

The Talented Tenth
The Talented Tenth
11/9 - 12/10/2023


Richard Wesley’s play The Talented Tenth portrays graduates of Howard University who have succeeded (the big house, the new cars, the lavish vacations, the families). ...

The Talented Tenth
The Talented Tenth
11/9 - 12/10/2023


Richard Wesley’s play The Talented Tenth portrays graduates of Howard University who have succeeded (the big house, the new cars, the lavish vacations, the families). ...

Tacos La Brooklyn
Tacos La Brooklyn
9/21 - 10/29/2023


Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of an exciting, multilingual comic drama developed in Latino Theater Company’s Circle of Imaginistas playwriting ...

The Travelers
The Travelers
9/23 - 10/15/2023


“We are all travelers, Brother. Our journeys take place inside.” Latino Theater Company , in association with San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and resident home company ...

This Is Not a True Story
This Is Not a True Story
9/14 - 10/15/2023


Artists at Play in association with Latino Theater Company presents an exhilarating new comedy that tackles, head-on, the fetishization and anti-Asian racism of Orientalist works. ...

A Heated Discussion- Revisited


One year ago, we presented a World Premiere play, A Heated Discussion, a drama that resonated powerfully with our audiences. Some people saw it more ...

Evolution of a Sonero
Evolution of a Sonero
5/11 - 5/28/2023


Sonero [noun]: an improvising lead singer in salsa music. Hip-hop meets salsa when poet, actor and singer Flaco Navaja , backed by five world-class Latinx ...

Whittier Boulevard
Whittier Boulevard
4/20 - 5/28/2023


The world premiere an original, ensemble-devised work from L.A.’s Latino Theater Company , employs the company’s trademark blend of comedy, drama, music, dance and theatrical ...

Organización Secreta Teatro


Latino Theater Company presents Mexico City’s interdisciplinary, experimental ensemble Organización Secreta Teatro in two new performance works. Pueblo Espíritu (“Spirit Town”) explores a post-pandemic dystopian ...

How I Learned What I Learned


Los Angeles premiere of Tony Award and two-time Pultizer Prize winning playwright August Wilson's autobiographical one-man show, "How I Learned What I Learned"...

Paul Robeson 125th Birthday Celebration


The Robey Theatre Company is inspired by Paul Robeson, the Black social activist, humanitarian, actor, singer and athlete. On Sunday, April 9, 2023, from 1:00 ...

Last Night at Mikell's


Play reading. Written by Larry Muhammad. Directed by Ben Guillory. Presented by The Robey Theatre Company. James Baldwin is writing himself into bad health. After ...

Harambee! Harambee! (All Pull Together)


The Robey Theatre Company will present a staged reading of a new play, Harambee! Harambee! (All Pull Together) on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 3:00 ...

(Un)Documents
(Un)Documents
10/13 - 11/20/2022


With a single phrase, you can give up your country. With a single signature, you can tear a family apart. With a single word, you ...

Man's Favor Devil's Plan
Man's Favor Devil's Plan
10/20 - 11/20/2022


The story: Los Angeles, California, 1938, Mr. Avery's Hotel. A microcosm of a nation that has been steep in a vicious hypocritical quagmire so pervasive ...

Paul Robeson Theatre Festival


Staged readings of plays by Black playwrights, commissioned for this Festival. Wine and snacks served before each reading. Q&A after each reading. Presented by The ...

A Heated Discussion
A Heated Discussion
4/7 - 5/14/2022


Written by Levy Lee Simon. Directed by Ben Guillory. Presented by The Robey Theatre Company.A trio of Orishas (entities of the spirit world), dismayed and ...

Looking for Leroy


Staged reading of a new play by Larry Muhammad.The narrative focuses on the celebrated poet-playwright-activist Amiri Baraka,(1934-2014), known earlier in his career as LeRoi Jones. ...

The Wrong Kind of People
The Wrong Kind of People
11/7 - 12/8/2019


Theo, an African-American law student, needing privacy to study for the California Bar Exam during 1942, checks in at the exclusive Guardian Hotel located in ...

Paul Robeson Theatre Festival


The Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles most-awarded African American theatre company, continues its 25th Anniversary celebration with its presentation of the Third Biennial Paul Robeson ...

Birdland Blue
Birdland Blue
4/4 - 5/12/2019


At Broadway and 52nd Street in New York City, the nightclub Birdland was the legendary center of the jazz world, where the glitterati of Broadway, ...

Revoluciones
Revoluciones
4/18 - 5/12/2019


A highly theatrical fever-dream that employs magical realism to tell the kaleidoscope journey of a strong and passionate woman facing an impossible tragedy. A desperate ...

Home
Home
2/28 - 4/21/2019


Writer/performer Nancy Mas coming-of-age tale about growing up sandwiched between two cultures. Desperately seeking approval from her Chinese Toisan immigrant family, Nancy journeys away from ...

The Sweetheart Deal
5/4 - 6/4/2017


Diane Rodriguez; dir: Diane Rodriguez. World Premiere...

Rules of Seconds
3/16 - 4/15/2017


John Pollono; dir: Jo Bonney. Tom Bradley Theater:...

The Cruise
3/10 - 4/9/2017


Jonathan Ceniceroz. Theater Four:...

The Latina Christmas Special
11/17 - 12/18/2016


Maria Russell, Sandra Valls, Diana Yanez; dir: Geoffrey Rivas....

The Latina Christmas Special
11/17 - 12/18/2016


Maria Russell, Sandra Valls, Diana Yanez; dir: Geoffrey Rivas....


Rubén Polendo; music: Adam Cochran; dir: Rubén Polendo....


Rubén Polendo; music: Adam Cochran; dir: Rubén Polendo....


Evelina Fernández; dir: José Luis Valenzuela....


Evelina Fernández; dir: José Luis Valenzuela....

Latina Christmas
11/19 - 12/20/2015


Diana Yanez; dir: Geoffrey Rivas....

57 Chevy
11/5 - 12/6/2015


Cris Franco; dir: Valerie Dunlap....


adapt: Evelina Fernandez; music: Martin Espino, Alfredo Lopez Mondragon; dir: Jose Luis Valenzuela....

Detroit 67
10/1 - 10/18/2015


Dominique Morisseau; dir: Joy Hooper....

In Love & Warcraft
9/17 - 10/11/2015


Madhuri Shekar; dir: Alejandra Cisneros....

Paloma
5/30 - 6/21/2015


Anne Garcia Romero; dir: Alan Freeman....

Andre & Dorine
5/16 - 6/7/2015


Kulunka Teatro; dir: Inaki Rikarte....

Blind Date
4/2 - 5/24/2015


There’s nothing like the thrill of a first date...anything can happen! In the brand new play Blind Date, you’ll experience all the excitement and awkwardness ...

Uncanny Valley
4/21 - 5/17/2015


Chasing immortality by downloading your thoughts and memories into an everlasting human-shaped computer may sound like science fiction, but current research in robotics and artificial ...

This Is a Man's World
3/28 - 4/19/2015


Sal Lopez; dir: Jose Luis Valenzuela....

Generation Sex
3/21 - 4/12/2015


Abigail Vega; dir: Alexandra Meda....

Enrique´s Journey
Enrique´s Journey
10/17 - 11/7/2014


Encuentro Theatre Festival - Su Teatro ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Adapted by Anthony Garcia, from the Pulitzer Prize winning work of Sonia Nazario - • Directed by ...

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