Seven Guitars
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago
The Chicago storefront premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their friend Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, a rising blues star trapped by his circumstances and cut down in his prime. One of Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle" of ten plays depicting the African American experience in each of the 20th Century's decades.
Oct 18 - Dec 1, 2024