August Wilson's Radio Golf

August Wilson's Radio Golf

August Wilson's Radio Golf

August Wilson's Radio Golf

Overview

August Wilson’s Radio Golf is a fast-paced, dynamic and wonderfully funny work about the world today and the dreams we have for the future. Set in Pittsburgh in the late 1990s, it’s the story of a successful entrepreneur who aspires to become the city’s first Black mayor. But when the past begins to catch up with him, secrets get revealed that could be his undoing.

The most contemporary of all of August Wilson’s work, Radio Golf is the final play in his unprecedented ten-play American Century Cycle – a series that includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Completed shortly after his death in 2005, this bittersweet drama of assimilation and alienation in 90s America traces the forces of change on a neighborhood and its people caught between history and the 21st century.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: 1990s
  • Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Ensemble Cast, Multicultural Casting
  • Target Audience: Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

Authors

August Wilson

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experienc ...

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