DramaTech presents August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

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Event Details
Contact

DramaTech Theatre

404-894-3481

info@dramatech.org

www.dramatech.org

Summaries

Summary Sentence: The seminal classic that is part of Wilson's American Century Cycle

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Media
  • The Piano Lesson The Piano Lesson
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It is 1936, and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell.  He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room.  She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family’s rise from slavery.  Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Georgia Tech Arts, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Arts and Performance, Student sponsored
Keywords
theatre, drama, August Wilson, black theatre, piano lesson, dramatech, The American Century Cycle
Status
  • Created By: Melissa Foulger
  • Workflow Status: Archived
  • Created On: May 4, 2019 - 11:50am
  • Last Updated: May 4, 2019 - 1:19pm