AUGUST WILSON’S
GEM OF THE OCEAN
Citizen Barlow enters the home of the 285-year-old Aunt Ester who guides him on a spiritual journey to the City of Bones.
APRIL 5 – APRIL 28, 2024
AUGUST WILSON’S
JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone vividly captures an emotional piece of the African American experience during the early days of the Great Migration. Haunted by the past and desperate to find his missing wife, Herald Loomis arrives at a Pittsburgh boarding house with his young daughter. As he encounters the other residents of this transient home, Loomis’s search becomes a powerful odyssey of self-discovery, rich with spiritual release and resonance.
SEPTEMBER 20 – OCTOBER 13, 2024
AUGUST WILSON’S
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
August Wilson’s electrifying drama about music, ambition, and power in 1920s Chicago. When Ma Rainey and her band gather for a recording session, tensions rise, truths are revealed, and the fight for respect takes center stage.
APRIL 10 – APRIL 27, 2025
AUGUST WILSON’S
THE PIANO LESSON
This Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, presented as part of Baltimore’s August Wilson Celebration, tells the story of a pair of siblings and the fate of their cherished family heirloom: a piano carved with images of their ancestors previously owned by the family’s former enslavers. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh, the play weaves history and spirituality together in a haunting narrative that explores the conflict between protecting one’s heritage and forging a path into the future.
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2025
AUGUST WILSON’S
SEVEN GUITARS
“August Wilson’s Seven Guitars navigates the realities of post-war poverty and systemic injustice in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Set in 1948, Seven Guitars follows group of friends and neighbors mourning the loss of one of their own.”
JANUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 1, 2026
AUGUST WILSON’S
FENCES
Step into 1950s Pittsburgh, where former Negro League baseball star Troy Maxson battles the weight of a dream deferred. Now working the city streets as a trash collector, he finds his simmering regrets threatening to fracture the family he loves. A poignant and powerful exploration of love, responsibility, and the invisible fences that confine us.
FEBRUARY 6 – MARCH 8, 2026
