WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE

Black Nativity, performed by the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, is a powerful celebration of African American culture and faith. This musical adaptation features traditional spirituals ...

Closing Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2024-2025 season is a brand-new world premiere musical, “Syncopated Avenue.” (Created, adapted and directed by WBTT Founder/Artistic Director Nate Jacobs.) ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents “Five Guys Named Moe,” with book by Clarke Peters and lyrics and music by Louis Jordan and others. (Directed by Jim ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's dramatic offering for the 2024-2025 season is “Fences,” written by renowned American playwright August Wilson. (WBTT Resident Director Chuck Smith will ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents a limited run of How I Learned What I Learned, featuring award-winning actor and playwright Wali Jamal. This one-man show ...

During the holiday season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents its Christmas card to the community, the exuberant musical revue, “A Motown Christmas.” (Created, adapted and ...

Opening Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2024-2025 theatre season is “Soul Crooners Solid Gold Edition.” (Created, adapted and directed by Nate Jacobs.) The “Soul Crooners” productions ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has announced its 2024-2025 Board of Trustees, with Doris A. Johnson continuing as Board Chair and new members Charles W. Brown ...

Float Like a Butterfly is a poignant one-act play that honors the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali. Written by Michael Jacobs, this production features ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents a compelling performance collaboration titled From Birmingham to Broadway at the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This ...

Soul Crooners: Solid Gold Edition is an original musical revue celebrating the iconic soul and R&B artists and hit songs of the late 1960s through ...

This summer, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is thrilled to present "Coconut Cake," written by Melda Beaty. The comedy tells the story of four retirees who ...

After two painful delays due to COVID-19, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is thrilled to finally bring to the stage the world-premiere musical, “Ruby.” The show ...

Closing the season is Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue. Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, composer, singer and comedic entertainer. His ...

Next up is a sweeping and inspirational journey through 20th century American pop music: "Dreamgirls" chronicles one fictional Motown group's rise from obscurity to superstardom. ...

Originally scheduled for the 2019-2020 season a show that WBTT had previously offered as a staged reading is Flyin West by Pearl Cleage. In the ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe once again invites the community to celebrate the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during an inspirational performance. The ...

During the holiday seasonback by popular demandWBTT presents Langston Hughes Black Nativity. This production is a celebration of the Nativity story with gospel, blues, spiritual, ...

Opening WBTT's 2022-2023 theatre season is Guys and Dolls, the 1950 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical. A fun, quirky musical comedy, Guys and Dolls debuted ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will close its 2021-2022 season with two world-premiere one-act plays, under the auspices of its New Playwrights Series. These plays, From ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) is pleased to present the ninth year of its annual Young Artist Program, through which Troupe members are able to ...