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Watch Live: August Wilson’s Jitney

Monday September 16 2013 • 7:00pm - 9:45pm ET
In-person event

Overview

Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Scroll down for full cast list.  

The live video webcast of this reading is not available for on-demand viewing. Select plays will air on WNYC and public radio stations across the country in spring of 2015, and audio will be available for on-demand streaming here on our website.

 

Jitney is set in a worn-down gypsy cab station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in early autumn 1977. It tells the story of men hustling to make a living as jitneys, unofficial and unlicensed taxi cabs. 

CAST LIST:

YOUNGBLOOD…………Amari Cheatom

TURNBO……………….Stephen McKinley Henderson

FIELDING……………..Anthony Chisholm

DOUB………………….Barry Shabaka Henley

SHEALY……………….Harvy Blanks

PHILMORE…………….Ray Anthony Thomas

BECKER……………….Roscoe Orman

BOOSTER…………….J. Bernard Calloway

RENA…………………Joaquina Kalukango

Thanks to our philanthropic partners The Ford Foundation whose mission is to support visionary leaders and organizations on the front lines of social change worldwide and The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Special permission for this project is provided by the Estate of August Wilson. For more information, please visit www.samuelfrench.com

Event Details

2 hours and 45 minutes
Address
The Greene Space
44 Charlton Street
New York , NY United States

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