by August Wilson
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg

The Old Town Theatre
Jan 30th through Feb 28th, 2010
Low-Priced Previews Jan 21st - Jan 29th

August Wilson won his second Pulitzer Prize for this haunting drama. It is 1936 and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family's rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated. Some adult language.

Laurence Brown...Lymon
Monique Gaffney*...Berniece
Madeline Hornbuckle...Maretha
Keith Jefferson*...Avery
Antonio TJ Johnson...Doaker
Tanya Johnson-Herron...Grace
Mark Christopher Lawrence*...Boy Willie
Grandison Phelps III...Wining Boy

Director...Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Stage Manager...Heather Brose*
Properties Designer...Bonnie L. Durbenº
Wig & Makeup Designer...Peter Hermanº
Lighting Designer...Eric Lotzeº
Costume Designer...Megan Schmidt
Scenic Designer...Jerry Sonnenberg
Sound Designer...George Yeº

º Resident Artist
* Member of Actors Equity