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The Bluegrass Mile: World premiere opens soon

 

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PITTSBURGH PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE COMPANY

 
invites you to the dedication of the
 

CARTER WOODSON REDWOOD THEATRE


3401 Milwaukee Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Saturday, October 7, 2023

3:00-4:00 pm. | Reception and Naming Ceremony
4:10-5:00 pm. | Please join Duquesne University and President Ken Gormley
for a conversation with...

 
CARTER REDWOOD
Star of CBS hit "FBI: International"
MAURICE REDWOOD
Acclaimed Pittsburgh actor and filmmaker
 
Hear stories from these Pittsburgh artists | Ask them questions | Enjoy refreshments

Carter Redwood and Maurice Redwood are the 2023 Duquesne University August Wilson House Fellows.
This prestigious fellowship is made possible by the generous support of the Nancy Jones Beard Foundation.

RSVP by September 26 to Savannah Renner at 412-396-6046 or renners@duq.edu

                  
 


World Premiere Opens in Two Weeks

Tickets Now On Sale

THE BLUEGRASS MILE

By Mark Clayton Southers
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers 
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
October 6th – 29th, 2023
World premiere!

This world premiere drama about Black horse jockeys in the late 1800’s is the latest installment in Mark Clayton Southers’ 19th Century Collection of plays.

Two Black horse jockeys (America’s first professional athletes) compete for the inaugural running of the Bluegrass Mile. The year is 1899 and little do they know that the life they’ve come to love will never be the same. Set in a boarding home that holds history, secrets and a path to freedom, the Bluegrass Mile proves to be more than a race for prestige when the quest for truth becomes the ultimate prize.

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Full cast:
 
Rosa Lee DrewChrystal Bates
Kermit ThomasChuck Timbers
AbcdMalic Maat*
William PickfordKevin Brown
Curtis HenshawKymir Cogdell-Freeman
Sheriff TannerDavid Whalen*
Henrietta Cogsdale  Kendra McLaughlin


* Members of Actors Equity Association
 
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Members of the Donor’s Circle pledge to donate $1000 or more each year for a term of three years, in support of PPTCO’s operations and growth.

Patrons who join our Donor’s Circle will be invited to several private events per season (once these can be done safely again), including our season announcement gathering and cast gatherings, as well as receive prime seating for our August Wilson productions. And your name will be listed in our programs and featured on our website. Plus you’ll have our limitless gratitude!

If the Donor’s Circle isn’t the best fit for you, we would very much appreciate any help you can provide. 

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company thanks the following for supporting our season of plays and special projects:

Mid Atlantic Arts Regional Resilience Fund 
Hillman Foundation
Allegheny Regional Asset District
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Heinz Endowments:
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh
Opportunity Fund
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Eden Hall Foundation

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