Dan White, who appeared in the recurring role of Elijah Crowe in 2021, has been cast in the play “Black Bag Job” by playwright and director Christian Levatino (directing under the alias Leon Shanglebee).
Presented by the Gangbusters Theatre Company, the play, which opens on Thursday, June 4, with a preview at 9:00 p.m. local time at The Broadwater in Los Angeles, CA, follows a story that takes place on April 3rd, 1968, the night before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., where four federal agents occupy a room at the Lorraine Motel, monitor King’s final hours through hidden microphones, logging, listening, documenting, and justifying — until the line between observation and complicity disappears as history closes in. As things unravel in real time, they are forced to confront the cost of doing nothing.
Built from declassified records and theatrical invention, the play uses live sound, lighting, and analog technology to immerse the audience inside the operation itself, bringing them inside the room with the agents as tension builds not through action but through inaction — through silence, hesitation, and the slow realization that history is not only being witnessed but also allowed.
In addition to White, who plays Bravo, the cast includes James Thomas Gilbert as Echo, West Liang as Delta and Scott Victor Nelson as Charlie.
Part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which runs from June 11-28, “Black Bag Job” will formally open on Thursday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m. local time, with a total run time of 90 minutes. Additional viewing dates include Friday, June 12, at 11:30 p.m. local time; Sunday, June 14, at 9:00 p.m. local time; Tuesday, June 23, at 5:00 p.m. local time; Friday, June 26, at 5:00 p.m. local time; and Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m. local time. For tickets, click here.
With extensive credits under his belt, including a starring role in the TV series adaptation of “Barbershop,” playing Romadal Dupree, White most recently appeared in episodes of “The Last Thing He Told Me” and “Loot” on Apple TV, “Matlock” on CBS and “Chad Powers” on Hulu, among others.
On stage, White played Caesar in August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean” at the Long Beach Playhouse, and starred as Taylor in “The Soul Cafe” at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. He originated the role of Jules Winnfield in the Off-Broadway and West Coast premieres of “Pulp Shakespeare.” Meanwhile, as a voice actor, he stars as Green Lantern/John Stewart in the AAA video game “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,” narrates MTV’s “Pimp My Ride,” and has voiced characters across the “Fallout,” “Far Cry,” “World of Warcraft,” and the “Batman: Arkham” game franchises.
White holds an MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts and is co-author of “The Achieve Formula” with Dr. Alex Foxman.