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US, 12/2022. PLAY. Samuel L. Jackson (Doaker Charles), John David Washington (Boy Willie), Danielle Brooks (Berniece), Trai Bayers (Avery), April Matthis (Grace), Ray Fisher (Lymon), Michael Potts (Wining Boy), Jurnee Swan (Maretha). Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, The Piano Lesson follows a brother and sister who are embroiled in a battle over a family heirloom piano carved with the faces of their ancestors. It is the fourth play in August Wilson's Century Cycle, which explores the Black experience in every decade of the 20th century; other works in the cycle include Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Jitney, among others.
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