Jubilee Theatre presents playwright August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama – and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – in 1990. Jubilee Artistic Director Ed Smith helms the production.
The Piano Lesson takes place in 1936. 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.
Post-performance talkbacks with the artists and special guests will be held on March 26 and April 05.
What: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
When: March 20 – April 19, 2009
Times:
- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings at 8 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m.
Location: Jubilee Theatre
Admission:
- $10.00 – Previews (March 20-26)
- $20.00 – Friday and Saturday Evenings
- $10.00 – Thursday Evenings (Online Special Only)
- $18.00 – Thursday Evenings (If Not Purchased Online)
- $12.00 – Sunday Matinees
- $10.00 – Saturday Matinees
Student and Senior Tickets $2.00 Off with Valid ID (Fridays and Saturday Evenings and Sunday Matinees).
