August Wilson's
Jitney
Featuring: John Beasley
& Tony Nominated Actor, Anthony Chisholm
Feb. 12th– Mar. 7th
Set in 1977 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a
makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's
decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience
in the twentieth century.
"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."—N.Y. Daily News
"Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the
talk has such varied range and musicality, and it is rendered with such
stylish detail, that a complete urban symphony emerges....
Drivers return from jobs with stories that summon an entire ethos....
Thoroughly engrossing, Jitney holds us in charmed captivity."— New York
Times
"Comic, soulful and immensely moving."—Time Out
"A transport of delight! So vividly written ... it keeps you steadily amused, concerned and moved."—New York Magazine
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best New Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off Broadway Play.
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Ticket Policies
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Showtimes
Feb. 12th - Mar. 7th
Thursday - Saturday: 7:30 pm
Sunday: 3:00
Ticket Prices
(Tax included)
Adult: $27
Senior: $22
Student: $22
Thursday Performances - All Tickets: $16
Groups rates available for groups of 10+ with advanced purchase.
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Upcoming Shows for 2009/2010 Season
Jitney
By August Wilson
Feb. 12th– Mar. 7th
Set in 1977 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century.
"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."—N.Y. Daily News
"Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the talk has such varied range and musicality, and it is rendered with such stylish detail, that a complete urban symphony emerges.... Drivers return from jobs with stories that summon an entire ethos.... Thoroughly engrossing, Jitney holds us in charmed captivity."— New York Times
"Comic, soulful and immensely moving."—Time Out
"A transport of delight! So vividly written ... it keeps you steadily amused, concerned and moved."—New York Magazine
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best New Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off Broadway Play.
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
April 16th– May 9th
Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's obsessions withthings soft and cuddly, that have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates with. His promise to allow Lennie to"tend to the rabbits" on their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the overgrown child needs constant reassurance. But when a ranch boss' promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it's obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George, now worried abou this own safety, knows exactly where Lennie has gone to hide, and he meets him there. Realizing they can't run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands.
Come Back Little Sheba
By William Inge
June 18th– July 11th
William Inge burst upon the theatrical scene with this story of marital frustration which erupts in violence. Doc and Lola had an indiscreet affair, she became pregnant and, compelled to marry her, he gave up his medical studies, forfeited his future and to settled down to a life of quiet desperation with the simple, homey Lola, who lost the child but has remained Doc's steadfast if slatternly wife. Now a chiropractor and recovering alcoholic, Doc's sobriety is tested when Marie, a young college student becomes their boarder bringing new life and long-dormant hostilities to the surface of Doc and Lola's troubled marriage. Shirley Booth won the Tony, Barter Theatre Award, NY Drama Critics Award and later the Oscar as Best Actress of The Year for her compelling performance as Lola.
"A rarely honest piece of theatre writing."-NYWorld Telegram & Sun