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August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. [1]

119 relations: African Americans, American Theater Hall of Fame, Amiri Baraka, Argentines, Arna Bontemps, August Wilson, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, August Wilson House, August Wilson Theatre, Ballybeg, Bessie Smith, Bill Moyers, Billy Conn, Black Arts Movement, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Black Horizon Theater, Black Power, Boston, Brian Friel, Broadway theatre, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh), Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Constanza Romero, Cort Theatre, Denzel Washington, Detroit, Downtown Pittsburgh, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Ed Bullins, Elijah Muhammad, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fences (film), Fences (play), Gem of the Ocean, George Latimer (Minnesota politician), Geva Theatre Center, Goodman Theatre, Great Migration (African American), Greenwood Cemetery (Pittsburgh), Harper's Magazine, Hazelwood (Pittsburgh), Heinz Awards, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hill District (Pittsburgh), Huntington Theatre Company, Internet Broadway Database, ..., Israel Hicks, James Baldwin, Jitney (play), Joe Louis, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Jorge Luis Borges, King Hedley II, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Langston Hughes, List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations, Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Malcolm X, Manhattan Theatre Club, Margaret Busby, Napoleon, Nation of Islam, National Register of Historic Places, New Haven, Connecticut, New York Drama Critics' Circle, North Carolina, O'Reilly Theater, Outer Critics Circle Award, PBS, Pennsylvania, Penumbra Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Plagiarism, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Radio Golf, Ralph Ellison, Richard Rodgers Theatre, Richard Wright (author), Rob Penny, Romare Bearden, Saint Louis University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Science Museum of Minnesota, Seattle, Seattle Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Second Stage Theater, Seven Guitars, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, St. Louis Literary Award, Sudeten Germans, Swedish Medical Center, The New York Times, The Piano Lesson, The Playwrights' Center, Theater District, Manhattan, Theatre Communications Group, Thomas Hardy's Wessex, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, Two Trains Running, United States Navy, University of Pittsburgh, Viola Davis, Walter Kerr Theatre, Whiting Awards, William Faulkner, Yale Repertory Theatre, Yoknapatawpha County. Expand index (69 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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American Theater Hall of Fame

The American Theater Hall of Fame in New York City was founded in 1972.

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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.

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Argentines

Argentines, also known as Argentinians (argentinos; feminine argentinas), are the citizens of the Argentine Republic, or their descendants abroad.

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Arna Bontemps

Arna Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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August Wilson

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

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August Wilson Center for African American Culture

August Wilson Center for African American Culture is a U.S. nonprofit arts organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that presents performing and visual arts programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans in Western Pennsylvania.

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August Wilson House

The August Wilson House at 1727 Bedford Avenue in the Crawford-Roberts neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, was built in the 1840s and was the childhood home for his first 13 years of playwright August Wilson (1945–2005).

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August Wilson Theatre

The August Wilson Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, is a Broadway theatre.

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Ballybeg

Ballybeg is an anglicisation of the Irish language term, Baile Beag, which means "Little Town".

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Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

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Bill Moyers

Billy Don Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator.

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Billy Conn

William David "Billy" Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis.

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Black Arts Movement

The Black Arts Movement, Black Aesthetics Movement or BAM is the artistic outgrowth of the Black Power movement that was prominent in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1974, in Oakland, California.

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Black Horizon Theater

Black Horizons Theater was a community-based, Black Nationalist theater company co-founded in 1968 by Curtiss Porter, Tony Fountain, E. Philip McKain, August Wilson and Rob Penny in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brian Friel

Brian Patrick Friel (9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015), born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, was a dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh)

Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Lasallian, all-boys college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Constanza Romero

Constanza Romero (born March 8, 1958) is an American artist and costume designer.

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Cort Theatre

The Cort Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 138 West 48th Street in the Theater District of midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Downtown Pittsburgh

Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Ed Bullins

Ed Bullins (born July 2, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African-American playwright.

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Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was a black religious leader, who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1934 until his death in 1975.

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Ethel Barrymore Theatre

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 243 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit theater company founded in 1964 by George C. White.

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Fences (film)

Fences is a 2016 American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

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Fences (play)

Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson.

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Gem of the Ocean

Gem of the Ocean is a play by American playwright August Wilson.

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George Latimer (Minnesota politician)

George Latimer (born 1935) was the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's capital city, from 1976 until 1990.

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Geva Theatre Center

Geva Theatre Center is a regional professional theater company based in Rochester, New York.

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Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop.

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Great Migration (African American)

The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.

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Greenwood Cemetery (Pittsburgh)

Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in the Pittsburgh suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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Hazelwood (Pittsburgh)

Hazelwood is a neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Heinz Awards

The Heinz Awards are individual achievement honors given annually by the Heinz Family Foundation.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults, and is the most common cause of death in people with cirrhosis.

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Hill District (Pittsburgh)

The Hill District is a historic black collection of neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Huntington Theatre Company

The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and the recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award.

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Internet Broadway Database

The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel.

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Israel Hicks

Israel Theo Hicks (August 23, 1943 – July 3, 2010) was an American theatre director who produced works at regional theaters around the country and Off Broadway, and was best known for his stagings of the entire series of plays by August Wilson about the African-American experience in the U.S. during and following the Great Migration.

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James Baldwin

James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist and social critic.

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Jitney (play)

Jitney is a play by August Wilson.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a play by American playwright August Wilson.

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language literature.

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King Hedley II

King Hedley II is a play by American playwright August Wilson, the ninth in his ten-part series, The Pittsburgh Cycle.

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Kuntu Repertory Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre was a primarily student-based, African-American repertory theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

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List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations

Historic designations in the City of Pittsburgh are awarded following nominations for districts and individual structures that are reviewed and recommended to Pittsburgh City Council, which makes the final decision, by the city's Historic Review Commission and the City Planning Commission.

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Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly

Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is a network of non-profit, volunteer-based organizations located in the United States that are committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the twentieth century African American experience.

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (19251965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

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Manhattan Theatre Club

Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) is a theatre company located in New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.

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Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby OBE, Hon.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Nation of Islam

The Nation of Islam, abbreviated as NOI, is an African American political and religious movement, founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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New York Drama Critics' Circle

The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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O'Reilly Theater

The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat theater building, opened on December 11, 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Outer Critics Circle Award

The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Penumbra Theatre Company

The Penumbra Theatre Company, an African-American theatre company in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was founded by Lou Bellamy in 1976.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittsburgh City Council

The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the City of Pittsburgh.

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Pittsburgh Public Theater

Pittsburgh Public Theater, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a professional theater company.

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Radio Golf

Radio Golf is a play by American playwright, August Wilson, the final installment in his ten-part series, The Century Cycle.

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Ralph Ellison

Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, and scholar.

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Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 226 West 46th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, in New York City.

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Richard Wright (author)

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.

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Rob Penny

Robert Lee "Rob" Penny (August 6, 1941 – March 16, 2003) was an African-American playwright, poet, social activist, and professor.

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Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden (September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist.

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Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Roman Catholic four-year research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and Madrid, Spain.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (formerly the Biltmore Theatre) is a Broadway theatre located at 261 West 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota is an American museum focused on topics in technology, natural history, physical science, and mathematics education.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Seattle Center

Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle.

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Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre (familiarly known as "The Rep") is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center.

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Second Stage Theater

Second Stage Theater is a theater company founded in 1979 and located in Manhattan, New York City.

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Seven Guitars

Seven Guitars is a 1995 play by American playwright August Wilson.

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Sizwe Banzi Is Dead

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (originally produced and published as: Sizwe Bansi is Dead) is a play by Athol Fugard, written collaboratively with two South African actors, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, both of whom appeared in the original production.

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St. Louis Literary Award

The St.

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Sudeten Germans

German Bohemians, later known as the Sudeten Germans, were ethnic Germans living in the lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part of the state of Czechoslovakia.

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Swedish Medical Center

Swedish Medical Center is the largest nonprofit health provider in the greater Seattle area.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson is a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson.

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The Playwrights' Center

The Playwrights' Center is a non-profit theatre organization focused on both supporting playwrights and promoting new plays to production at theaters across the country.

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Theater District, Manhattan

New York City's Theater District (sometimes spelled Theatre District, and officially zoned as the "Theater Subdistrict") is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment.

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Theatre Communications Group

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States.

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Thomas Hardy's Wessex

The English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Play

The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City.

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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play has only been awarded since 1994.

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Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running is a play by American playwright August Wilson, the seventh in his ten-part series The Pittsburgh Cycle.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer.

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Walter Kerr Theatre

The Walter Kerr Theatre is a Broadway theatre.

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Whiting Awards

The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays.

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William Faulkner

William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi.

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Yale Repertory Theatre

Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of Yale School of Drama, in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students.

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Yoknapatawpha County

Yoknapatawpha County, pronounced is a fictional Mississippi county created by the American author William Faulkner, based upon and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its county seat of Oxford, Mississippi (which Faulkner renamed Jefferson).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

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