August Wilson

  • Contemporary Plays Available as E-Books

    Months into this pandemic, Seattle’s theatres are still dark and the Central Library’s amazing play file is still behind closed doors. Nonetheless, there are still ways for you to access play scripts virtually and stay engaged with some stimulating contemporary theatre as we all await the theatres’ re-openings. Here are three plays that are available… Continue reading

  • Seattle Rep’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING: Beyond the Theatre

    Here in Seattle we claim playwright August Wilson as one of our own, even though he was born in Pittsburgh and spent only 15 years (from 1990 until his death in 2005) here. But it was here, in the basement of his Capitol Hill house, where he completed his magnificent Pittsburgh Cycle (sometimes also called the… Continue reading

  • Seattle Rep’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN: Beyond the Theatre

    Seattle Repertory Theatre presents A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry from September 30 to October 30, 2016. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and DVDs to enhance your experience of the show: Seattle Rep’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN: Beyond the Theatre Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun… Continue reading

  • Seattle Rep’s ‘The Piano Lesson’

    Posted by Linda J. Playwright August Wilson (who died in Seattle in 2005) won his second Pulitzer for drama with The Piano Lesson, one of 10 plays in The Pittsburgh Cycle. Each play in the cycle focuses on a different decade of the African American experience during the 20th century. The Piano Lesson, set in the… Continue reading