August Wilson's Seven Guitars
September 12 and 13
The GhostLight Theatre
Directed by Tiana Mudzimurema
The fifth play in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle,
Seven Guitars is part elegy, part mystery, and all Blues. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Wilson's freewheeling comedy takes an intimate look at seven friends and the events leading up to the untimely death of an up-and-coming blues musician. Who or what killed Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton?
Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948, this tale of star-crossed stardom, told in flashback, follows Floyd's last days, as his determination for a better future slams against life's harsh realities.
*Seven Guitars includes depictions and language of racism, sexuality, physical violence, sexism, and death. Appropriate for those in high-school and up.
Nnenia Okereke.................Vera
Jacquetta Page.................Louise
MacKenzie Denton............Ruby
Clinton Bell........................Floyd
Ja'Van Smith.....................Canewell
Paul Bertha.......................Hedley
David Smith......................Red Carter
This production of August Wilson's Seven Guitars is sponsored by:
AEP Foundation + Indiana Michigan Power
Shein Trust
University of Notre Dame
African American Community Fund
First Presbyterian Church of South Bend
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