1727 Bedford Avenue (Hill District)
August 5â28
8 p.m.
This month, audiences can experience an August Wilson drama like never before when Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company stages a first-of-its-kind production of Seven Guitars right in the backyard of the playwrightâs historic childhood home.

Amidst the evocative, late-summer setting of Wilsonâs boyhood home in the Hill District, theater-goers will be transported to the year 1948. A poignant portrayal of seven African-American characters, Seven Guitars uniquely begins and ends with the funeral of the playâs main characterâblues singer Floyd âSchoolboyâ Bartonâwho has been released from jail.
Directed by Mark Clayton Southersâfounder and producing artistic director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Companyâthe work endures as a powerful and timeless examination of the âAfrican-American maleâs fight for his own humanity in the face of personal and societal ills.â Employing flashback scenes, powerful language and explosive action, Seven Guitars explores themes of humanity, self-awareness, social injustice, and more.
Starring in the play are Ty Barrow, Jonathan Berry, Teri Bridgett, Kevin Brown, Jamilah Chanie, Wali Jamal, and Leslie Ezra Smith. One of just seven American playwrights to win two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson penned the tragicomedyâwhich received Tony and Pulitzer nominations on Broadwayâin 1995.
Seven Guitars runs every weekend in August, with shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. Donât miss the opening night fundraiser event on Friday, August 5, which costs $100 and includes a party with food and drink starting at 7 p.m.
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