August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
In 2013, The Greene Space at WNYC teamed up with the August Wilson Estate to present his "American Century Cycle." August Wilson's celebrated 10-play cycle captures 100 years of African American life during each decade of the 20th century. An extraordinary cast of actors and directors were assembled — many who worked directly with Wilson — to make the first-ever recording of all ten plays. Click here for more on August Wilson's "American Century Cycle."
On Sunday, April 26th from 8 - 11pm on 93.9FM and NJPR, hear August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."
Set in Pittsburgh in the 1910's, the play chronicles the lives of a few freed former enslaved African Americans and deals with themes of identity, migration and the conflicts of racism and discrimination.
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