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NIGHT #1-Powerful Long Ladder presents Italy's Sardegna Teatro and La Piccionaia presentation of August Wilson's "Jitney" 

Tue, 5 May, 7:00 PM EDT
Treelawn Music Hall

15335 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110

Description
Powerful Long Ladder presents Italy's Sardegna Teatro and La Piccionaia's Italian production of Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson's Jitney   It is Pittsburgh, 1977. In the midst of the steel industry crisis, for which the city is known worldwide, five drivers, Becker, Youngblood, Turnbo, Fielding, and Doub, struggle to get by, clinging nostalgically to the past, while seeing only the dark outlines of an uncertain future on the horizon. This is the first foreign translation of Jitney by Wilson whose ten play century cycle which includes  Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson, chronicles the African American experience. There will be projected English supertitles during the Jitneyperformance. Sponsors: The George Gund Foundation and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture 

Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages