The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Directed by Christine Menzes

Set in the 1930s, The Piano Lesson focuses on African American siblings with competing agendas. Berniece clings to an ornately carved piano that holds the family history while her brother Boy Willie wants to sell the antique piano to buy the same Mississippi land that their family had worked as slaves. It is a powerful, emotionally charged drama that pits the mutually valid values of seeking present-day economic opportunity against honoring one’s family legacy. There are no easy answers in August Wilson’s haunting Pulitzer Prize winner.

Cast and Production Team

* These actors' appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association