‘The Piano Lesson’

Name: Senior Research Project in Theatre and Women and Gender Studies: Mia Hennum
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Location: Denison University

October 13, 2016 8:00pm - 10:00pm

The Department of Theatre presents "The Piano Lesson" by American playwright August Wilson.

Notice: this information is for a past event.

Ticket Info:	Free to Denison students, faculty and staff. General admission $8, Senior Citizen $5, Non-Denison students $4. Tickets may be reserved by calling the box office at 740-587-6527.
Sponsor(s):	Theatre

The Department of Theatre presents “The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson. The play takes place at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 13, 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 16 at the Ace Morgan Theatre. The play will be presented at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 23 at the Short North Stage: The Garden Theatre in Columbus.

Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, “The Piano Lesson” follows the lives of the Charles family and an heirloom, the family piano. The play focuses on the arguments between a brother and a sister who have different ideas on what to do with the piano. The brother, Boy Willie, is a sharecropper who wants to sell the piano to buy the land where his ancestors toiled as slaves. The sister, Berniece, remains emphatic about keeping the piano, which shows the carved faces of their great-grandfather’s wife and son during the days of their enslavement.