Artistic Director Les Waters together with Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein boot off Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 2015-2016 Season amongst August Wilson’s Seven Guitars directed past times Colman Domingo (author of the 2015 Humana Festival premiere Dot together with Tony Award nominee for his operate inwards The Scottsboro Boys). After serving jail fourth dimension on a trumped-up vagrancy charge, blues participant Floyd Barton sets out to win dorsum his daughter together with reclaim his pawned guitar, hoping to brand a novel striking record.
Set inwards 1948 inwards the backyard of a Pittsburgh storey house, Seven Guitars follows Floyd’s circle of friends together with neighbors—the play’s 7 voices—as they spin a rich tale of the deck that’s stacked against them, what they’ve lost together with all they dream. *This lyrical play is constituent of August Wilson’s Century Cycle, which charts the African-American sense through each decade of the 20th century.
ATL’s production of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars volition survive directed past times celebrated actor, manager together with playwright Colman Domingo. He returns to ATL next the premiere of his play Dot inwards the 2015 Humana Festival. Domingo’s directing credits include; the musical Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Band of Angels for New York City Children’s Theater (Off Broadway Alliance Award: Best Family Show), Exit Cuckoo at The Working Theater, Single Black Female at New Professional Theater, together with No Parole at Cherry Lane. Domingo has likewise directed for Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center together with Lincoln Center Director’s Lab amid others. As a playwright his piece of occupation includes Wild With Happy, which has garnered productions at The Public Theater, Center Stage together with TheatreWorks, together with Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Boy together with His Soul, which played at The Tricycle Theatre (London), Brisbane Powerhouse (Australia), Vineyard Theatre (New York) together with Thick Description (San Francisco), amid others. Additionally, Domingo is a noted cinema together with television receiver actor. He was of late cast inwards a recurring operate inwards AMC’s The Walking Dead companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, together with has appeared on Broadway inwards The Scottsboro Boys, Passing Strange, Well together with Chicago. Film credits include roles inwards Academy nominated films The Butler together with Selma.
Seven Guitars reunites Domingo amongst his The Scottsboro Boys co-stars actors Forrest McClendon together with Sharon Washington, who bring been cast equally Canewell together with Louise respectively.
WHEN: September 1-20 diverse performances
WHERE: Actors Theatre of Louisville inwards the Pamela Brown Auditorium
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