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LOWER BOTTOM PLAYAZ

1540 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612


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Playwrights Foundation Announces Cohort And Finalists For Resident Playwrights Program


by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2024

Playwrights Foundation announces cohort and finalists for Resident Playwrights Program, offering a two-year residency to Bay Area playwrights for artistic growth and career advancement. Meet the selected playwrights: Cat Brooks, Ruben Grijalva, Sloka Krishnan, and Leigh M. Marshall....

West Coast Premiere of NOLLYWOOD DREAMS to be Presented at San Francisco Playhouse


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 24, 2023

Get ready for an unforgettable theatrical experience as NOLLYWOOD DREAMS takes the stage at San Francisco Playhouse. Find out all the details about the show, including dates and ticket information, and secure your seats today. Don't miss out on this exciting event!...

The Black Arts Movement Business District, Community Development Corporation Presents 4th BAMBDFEST


by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Art in all of its many forms and manifestations come together to create a blend of community events, live music, activism, entrepreneurship and performances during the month of August as part of BAMBDFEST, an international event hosted by the Black Arts Movement Business District, Community Developm...

Lower Bottom Playaz Has a New Home in the Black Arts Movement Business District


by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Culture is what makes the world go round in Oakland. It's why folks flock here, and its why people stay. Unfortunately, making art and preserving culture in The Town is difficult and sometimes miraculous - especially if you are Black. As the politics and demographics of Oakland have shifted, pushing...

The Lower Bottom Playaz To Close 24th Season With August Wilson's RADIO GOLF


by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Oakland's oldest Black theater company ends its 24th season with August Wilson's final installment in his American Century Cycle....

Oakland's First Poet Laureate Joins Cast Of Roe V. Wade Theater Project


by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2022

Remote Theater, an award-winning online theater company born at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, today announced that local theater artist Ayodole Nzinga - Oakland's first Poet Laureate - has joined the cast of THE CHOICE, an online anthology of seven short plays about the rise and fall of Roe...

Past Shows

Radio Golf
Radio Golf
8/10 - 8/27/2023


RADIO GOLF wraps The Lower Bottom Playaz’s (LBP) Season 24: Songs Like Home, with an examination of what it means for Black people to make ...

Videos


Daisy in San Francisco / Bay Area Daisy
Hillbarn Theatre (1/23 - 2/9) Tracker
Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street in San Francisco / Bay Area Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (1/21 - 1/22) Tracker
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity) in San Francisco / Bay Area Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
Saroyan Theatre (5/12 - 5/13)
Dear San Francisco in San Francisco / Bay Area Dear San Francisco
Club Fugazi (10/12 - 7/31)
In Love and Warcraft in San Francisco / Bay Area In Love and Warcraft
City Lights Theater Company (1/16 - 2/9)
Parade in San Francisco / Bay Area Parade
Curran Theater (5/13 - 6/8)
The Mousetrap in San Francisco / Bay Area The Mousetrap
City Lights Theater Company (3/13 - 4/6)
Waitress in San Francisco / Bay Area Waitress
San Francisco Playhouse (11/21 - 1/18)
Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations in San Francisco / Bay Area Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations
Golden Gate Theatre (2/25 - 3/2)
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