DuSable Museum Members may now take advantage of very special discounts on a production of “Jitney”!
Described by Wilson as the play in which he discovered his voice, Jitney weaves themes of tragedy and transcendence into a rich tapestry of stories about a community struggling to get by and longing to flourish. Fraught relationships, violent tensions, and unfulfilled desires ebb and flow inside Becker’s car service, an unlicensed jitney station that serves the black community of Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1977. This powerful and timely piece explores the desperate need to connect when everything seems to be falling apart.
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Jitney at the DuSable Museum
September 15 – October 14, 2012
August Wilson was one of the most influential playwrights of his generation; the Century Cycle, his series of ten plays dramatizing African American life in each decade of the twentieth century, continues to be produced in theaters across the country. In this exhibit at the DuSable Museum of African American History, explore the life and career of August Wilson and go behind the scenes of Court Theatre’s new production of Wilson’s Jitney, a play about jitney cab drivers in the 1970s. View costume designs, set models, and other production artifacts to learn how Court Theatre brings August Wilson to the stage. See Jitney at the DuSable Museum