The Piano Lesson | Huntington Theatre Company

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World Premiere Production!

The author of Joe Turner's Come and Gone returns to the Huntington with another moving chapter (set in the 1930s) in this cycle of plays about the black American experience. The Piano Lesson, a joint production with Yale Repertory Theatre, will be directed by Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and director of the highly-acclaimed original Broadway production of Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences.

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August Wilson Playwright August Wilson Playwright
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August Wilson

Playwright

August Wilson authored How I Learned What I Learned (2016), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2012), Fences (2009), Radio Golf (2006), Gem of the Ocean (2004), King Hedley II (2000), Jitney (1998), Seven Guitars (1995), Two Trains Running (1990), The Piano Lesson (1988), and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1986). These works explore the heritage and experience of African Americans decade-by-decade over the course of the 20^th century.
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Christopher Akerlind Lighting Design Christopher Akerlind Lighting Design
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Christopher Akerlind

Lighting Design

Christopher Akerlind previously designed lighting for the Huntington's Tartuffe (2017), Sunday in the Park with George (2016), Shining City (2008), Well (2007), The Piano Lesson (1988), Seven Guitars (1995), All My Sons (2010) and The Young Man from Atlanta (1995).
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Dwight D. Andrews Musical Direction Dwight D. Andrews Musical Direction
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Dwight D. Andrews

Musical Direction

Dwight D. Andrews has previously composed music for Fences (2009), Blues for an Alabama Sky (1997), A Raisin in the Sun (1995), From the Mississippi Delta (1993) and music directed Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1986) at the Huntington.
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Carol GordonDoaker
Charles S. DuttonBoy Willie
Rocky CarrollLymon
Starletta DuPoisBerneice
Jaye SkinnerMaretha
Tommy HollisAvery
Lou MyersWining Boy
Sharon WashingtonGrace
Lloyd RichardsDirector
E. David Cosier, Jr.Scenic Design
Constanza RomeroCostume Design
J. Scott ServheenSound Design

Artists

August Wilson

Playwright

Christopher Akerlind

Lighting Design

Dwight D. Andrews

Musical Direction

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