“A raw dose of reality….a tug of war of hope and despair.”
– Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Seven Guitars
By August Wilson
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
August 5-28 2016
at 1727 Bedford Avenue, Hill District
It’s 1948, and aspiring blues musician Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, just out of jail, is asked to sign a record deal after a song he recorded months before becomes an unexpected hit. Can his fight for his own humanity, self-understanding and self-acceptance succeed in the face of personal and societal ills?
Our hugely successful production of August Wilson’s tragicomedy, which received Tony and Pulitzer nominations for its Broadway run in 1995, took place in the back yard of August Wilson’s childhood home, the actual setting of the play, a first.
Reviews: Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh in the Round, Pittsburgh Owl Scribe, Burgh Vivant (video), City Paper, Entertainment Central, City Paper blog, Pittsburgh Tatler, New Pittsburgh Courier
Lynne Hayes Freeland show video: Making Of Seven Guitars, Under The Stars
Previews: New Pittsburgh Courier, Post-Gazette, City Paper, Entertainment Central, Next Pittsburgh, Monocle Arts (audio)
Pittsburgh Today Live video: Interview, Scene
Video Preview: Post-Gazette
Original Cover Artwork by James “P-Wee” White Jr.
About the Cover Artist: Post-Gazette
Photos of the Production
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Photos by Chris Chapman, Joy Southers and Gail Manker
Starring:
Ty Barrow
Jonathan Berry
Teri Bridgett
Kevin Brown
Jamilah Chanie
Wali Jamal
Leslie Ezra Smith
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