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.
The Piano Lesson is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression. The play deals with themes of family legacy, and tells the story of the Charles family and a brother and sister who have different ideas on what to do with the piano they own – keep or sell it. The play won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
DOAKER…………..James A. Williams
BOY WILLIE………Brandon Dirden
LYMON……………Jason Dirden
BERNIECE………..Roslyn Ruff
MARETHA………..Alexis Holt
AVERY……………Eric Lenox Abrams
WINING BOY…….Chuck Cooper
GRACE……………Mandi Masden
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