August Wilson

Actor Lemec Bernard says that the struggles taking place onstage in August Wilson's "Jitney" are a microcosm of those we encounter in everyday life.

A production of playwright August Wilson’s “Jitney” opens this week at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. The play marks the eighth chronological installment in Wilson’s series known as the American Century Cycle. Set in the late 70s, “Jitney” centers on the lives of some unofficial, unlicensed taxi drivers operating in Pittsburgh’s Hill District community, where traditional taxi services wouldn’t go. We take a deeper dive in a conversation with director Sonya McCarter and actor Shontae White.

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers is performing August Wilson’s Pulitzer-prize winning drama “the Piano Lesson,” marking the company’s fifth production of plays from Wilson’s American Century Cycle, which is a series of 10 plays thatexamine the Black experience in the U.S. throughout the 20th century.

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts is mounting a production of August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson.” Ahead of opening night, we explore the play in a conversation with director Sonya McCarter and actor Renee Freeman.

The Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers began performances of August Wilson’s “Fences,” this week. The show runs through Jan. 30. The play is part of…