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The Sad and Sorry Tale of Caesar Wilkes. (Radio Golf: Production notes #1)
Advertisements To understand the end one must have an appreciation for the beginning. So as I begin production of Radio Golf by August Wilson I am compelled to look back over the American Century Cycle to the beginning. I met … Continue reading
Wilson as Redemption Song
Advertisements We are wandering in the wilderness; all there is to save us is an unsung song of self. If you can’t imagine North America as a wilderness you have not experienced history from my perspective. My people were captured … Continue reading
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Tagged #American Century Cycle, #ayodelenzinga, #black theater, august wilson
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Eight of Ten: Jitney, a Director’s Note
Advertisements I am mid way through the production of Jitney. Only 3 shows left. It’s the second show of the cycle we have done at the Flight Deck in newly dubbed “Uptown”, (used to be plain old downtown), Oakland. This … Continue reading
August Wilson and Ferguson
Advertisements Wilson noted: “I think my plays offer (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans,” he told The Paris Review. “For instance, in ‘Fences’ they see a garbageman, a person they don’t really look at, although they … Continue reading
lynching tree memoy
Advertisements there are things I can never do i do not take certain things for granted no rose garden only grey tinted glasses blessed with memory too many people afraid to remember least the scars come open pus all over … Continue reading
The American Century Cycle
Advertisements I am often asked why August Wilson? Why did I decide to direct the American Century Cycle? I am producing the America’s greatest playwright’s seminal work in its entirety. I will be the first director to do so in … Continue reading
Posted in August Wilson, Black Arts, Life., non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, work in progress
Tagged #black theater, art as medicine, august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, BAM, complex trauma, Fences, gem of the ocean, gentrification, joe turner has come and gone, Ma Rainey, North American African Perspective, Seven Guitars, The Century Cycle, the ground on which I stand, the lower bottom playaz, theater, warrior art, West Oakland, work in progress
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August Wilson, The Lower Bottom Playaz, The American Century Cycle: Tales of Iron & Water
Advertisements August Wilson, The Lower Bottom Playaz, The American Century Cycle: Tales of Iron & Water Please support Oakland’s premiere North American African theater troupe in their new residency at The Flight Deck as they continue their historic march though … Continue reading
Two Trains Running: Lower Bottom Playaz Next Stop
Advertisements Season 14 for the Lower Bottom Playaz starts with Two Trains Running by August Wilson. Wilson is one of America’s finest playwrights, his work The American Century Cycle is his signature writ large on the American theaterscape. His unduplicated … Continue reading
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