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Fences is a 1983 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony ...
August Wilson. 1945–2005. One of six children, playwright August Wilson was born Frederick August Kittel in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. His father was a German immigrant who abandoned the family when August was young; his mother was an African American who cleaned houses. Wilson legally took his mother’s name at age 20, when he began ...
Oct 9, 2002 · August Wilson is the author of Jitney, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, and King Hedley II. His plays have been produced at regional theatres across the country and all over the world.
Feb 12, 2015 · February 12, 2015. Music was vital to playwright August Wilson (1945 –2005), who as a teenager honed his writing at the same time he discovered blues musicians like Bessie Smith. Wilson said ...
August Wilson is among the most widely produced and critically acclaimed playwrights of his generation. Through hundreds of professional productions of his plays, Black artists have been able to develop their talents. His body of work has found a home in America’s theaters and in America’s heart, stirring us with passion and challenging us ...
August Wilson with actress, Theresa Merritt at Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas. 1994. The ULS has acquired the August Wilson Archive through the help of Wilson’s widow, Constanza Romero, executor of the playwright’s estate. “This acquisition is about more than bringing August Wilson back home to Pittsburgh,” said Pitt Chancellor Patrick ...
Jun 2, 2020 · Notable Quotable: August Wilson. "Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing." — August Wilson. Pittsburgh-born playwright August Wilson received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama for The Piano Lesson and Fences (among ...
