August Wilsons The Piano Lesson

August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

October 13 - November 13

By August Wilson
Directed by Jade King Carroll

In August Wilson's powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, a fractured family comes together to consider the legacy of their father, as his grown son and daughter argue over the heirloom he left behind. A ghost story with traditional African-American songs, The Piano Lesson exposes the family's struggles as they attempt to exorcise the demons of the past and bring forth a new hope for the future. The Piano Lesson represents the 1930s decade in Wilson’s “The American Century Cycle” of 10 plays, each one representing African-American life over a decade in the twentieth century. Other titles include Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Two Trains Running, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Seven Guitars. Wilson died in 2005.

Artistic

Playwright August Wilson Director Jade King Carroll Scenic Design Alexis Distler Costume Design Toni-Leslie James Lighting Design York Kennedy Sound Design Karin Graybash Wig Designer Robert-Charles Vallace Composer Baikida Carroll Music Director Bill Sims, Jr. Dramaturg Fiona Kyle Fight Choreographer Greg Webster Dialect Coach Ron Carlos Casting Binder Casting Jack Bowdan, CSA Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp Assistant Stage Manager Arielle Goldstein

Cast

Grace Toccarra Cash Wining Boy Cleavant Derricks Boy Willie Clifton Duncan Lymon Galen Ryan Kane Doaker Roscoe Orman Berniece Christina Acosta Robinson Avery Daniel Morgan Shelley Maretha Elise Taylor Tyra Harris (understudy)