The Goodman Theatre Claims a Piece of August Wilson’s Ground
Director Chuck Smith curates an August Wilson Celebration, with readings of all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and little-heard Wilson poetry.
All Stories About August Wilson
Playwright Marcus Gardley Weaves Poetry, History Together To Create His Masterpieces
A behind-the-scenes look at a prolific playwright’s process.
At Home in the Heartland
Broke-ology playwright Nathan Louis Jackson comes home to Kansas City
That August Wilson Feeling
The words and music of an American master get a fresh read, and they’re as impossible, and transformative, as ever.
News in Brief for September 2013
From the Welders, to cheap tickets at Huntington Theatre Company, to August Wilson on the radio, to all the Lucy Thurber plays you can ever want—this month in national news.
Portraits by Gotanda
In a cavalcade of plays both intimate and epic, the playwright elucidates Asian-American life.
The Light in August Wilson: A Career, a Century, a Lifetime
An African spiritual strength born of adversity undergirds his masterful 10-play circle.
Aunt Ester’s Children: A Century On Stage
The author looks back on the beginnings and development of his 10-play cycle, singling out one character as the most significant.
Manhandled
African-American masculinity–and black womanhood–are examined in August Wilson’s oeuvre.
Building ‘Fences’ in Beijing
August Wilson’s Pittsburgh, and the black American experience, translated into Chinese and transposed to China.
