“I think it was the ability of the theater to communicate ideas and extol virtues that drew me to it. And also, I was, and remain, fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.”
– August Wilson
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THEATRE MORGAN AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
TWO TRAINS RUNNING
OCT 19 – OCT 30, 2026
OPENING NIGHT OCT 22
In 1969 Pittsburgh’s Hill District, Memphis Lee refuses to sell his diner for less than it’s worth as the neighborhood stands on the brink of change. Around him, regulars gather to talk politics, power, survival, and the future of a community under pressure. August Wilson’s Two Trains Running is a powerful portrait of pride, loss, and the fight to hold on. It is the seventh play in the American Century Cycle, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and for the Tony Award for best play.
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FELLS POINT CORNER THEATRE PRESENTS
JITNEY
NOV 13 – DEC 13, 2026
In the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1970, a group of Black men struggle to make a living as drivers for a makeshift taxi company. Owner Jim Becker’s son, Clarence, returns from prison just as the cab company faces a critical juncture. Deep animosities and long-held grudges come to the surface, jeopardizing the prospects for the drivers, who include alcoholic Fielding, gossipy, comical Turnbo, and earnest, decent Youngblood. It is the eighth play in the American Century Cycle, and the first that Wilson wrote.
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By Jerrell Gibbs
Baltimore-based artist, Jerrell Gibbs was commissioned by the New York Times to paint this exceptional portrait of August Wilson for the article August Wilson, American Bard
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