The Ground Together: Responses & Reflections
A range of voices considers the impact and the lasting legacy—and a few lacunae—of August Wilson’s seminal speech.
All Stories About August Wilson
The Distance We Have Traveled
August Wilson’s historic call to arms resonates with today’s social justice activism. But has it taken root on our stages?
Writing All the Time: Anthony Chisholm on August Wilson
The actor, who received a copy of the playwright’s famous speech in the mail, remembers it chiefly as an act of self-definition.
My Dinners With August: An Interview With Charles Johnson
In 15 years of conversation, the acclaimed author formed a long, deep bond with August Wilson over shared experiences and diverging perspectives.
August Wilson’s Words in the Game at Monologue Competition
Eighteen finalists from high schools across the country gathered to perform and celebrate August Wilson.
The Ground on Which He Stood: Revisiting August Wilson’s Speech
Artists and scholars gathered this week to hear and reconsider August Wilson’s famous TCG speech about race and theatre.
The Two Pittsburghs of ‘Two Trains Running’
In the Goodman’s production of August Wilson’s classic, the creative team wrapped a coal-dusted city around a struggling diner.
August Wilson’s Legacy Is the Real Winner of Monologue Competition
Sixteen finalists from high schools all over the country gathered in New York to deliver, and connect with, the late playwright’s words.
Marin Theatre Company Announces Season of Six Contemporary Plays
Along with plays by Sarah Ruhl, August Wilson, Howard Brenton, Ayad Akhtar and Elizabeth Irwin, MTC will premiere Rachel Bonds’s ‘Swimmers.’
Sex, Comedy and Mystery on Tap for McCarter’s 2015–16 Season
World-premiere laffers by Ken Ludwig and Sharyn Rothstein are on the Jersey theatre’s schedule, along with a staging of Tennessee Williams’s film ‘Baby Doll.’
