Two Trains Running,” is set in 1968 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Story centers on Memphis Lee, diner owner, navigating the ...

The August Wilson Theatre was built in 1925 by the Theatre Guild to house its own productions under the name Guild Theatre. It was extensively renovated in the 1950s and renamed The ANTA.

The story of August Wilson is one of unlikely and impressive success. He grew up poor, born to a black mother and white father, in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in the 1940s.

April 11-May 3, 2026. Directed by Lou Bellamy. Co-produced with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. August Wilson’s explosive, award ...

TDF recently cohosted the 2024-2025 New York City August Wilson New Voices regional competition. Check out photos from the ...

Long, Ph.D. “Fences” by August Wilson opened on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Hanesbrands Theatre; it will close on March 16. The ...

The Majestic Theater celebrates playwright August Wilson with a 40th anniversary production of his Pulitzer and Tony Award ...

Pittsburgh is where Wilson began his writing career and where most of his plays are set. “That was four in a row,” Bates said, enough to get him known in theater circles as “an August Wilson ...

“August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape” opens ... founder and producing artistic director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; Emmai Alaquiva, AWAACC artist in residence; exhibition ...

Tim Bond, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, directs the August Wilson play March 9 – July 20 at the ...

How many shows has August Wilson written? August Wilson has written 15 shows including Fences (Playwright), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Playwright), Urban Blight (Bookwriter), The Piano Lesson ...