Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson was a living legend in 2002 when a group of local visionaries incorporated a nonprofit organization called the African American Cultural Center. After his death in 2005, it was only natural to rename it in his honor.
Now, seven years after its inception, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture is a physical reality."
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One of my most rewarding experiences in theatre was working on the August Wilson 20th Century project a couple years ago where we produced all 10 plays in the cycle in rep. His plays have a profound ability to move audiences of all races and backgrounds. I think dedicating a theatre to his legacy, which does not solely produce his work, but strives to produce and present art within his ideals is a fantastic idea and hope it will be successful here in Pittsburgh, the central location for most of his plays. Theatres with such focused missions sometimes have trouble long-term as they begin to run through the canon, but I suspect the Wilson Center will do quite well.
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