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2009-2010 Season Radio Golf by August Wilson APRIL 2-25, 2010 Harmond Wilks. on the
fast track to success, is determined to unite the racially divided city of Pittsburgh in his campaign to be the city's first
black mayor. His first step: cash in on minority redevelopment funds to rebuild the Hill District, a dying neighborhood whose
stores are shuttered, houses crumbling, and well-known families moved elsewhere. With big contracts from Starbucks and Whole
Foods, a community health center in progress, and a speech condemning police brutality in the paper, Harmon's future looks
strong. Until mysterious Old Joe, owner of 1839 Wylie Avenue, a former mainstay of the neighborhood
slated for demolition, gets in the way. Paintbrush in hand, Old Joe confronts Hammond with the layers of history, both beautiful
and bloody, soaked into the homes and streets that he seeks to remove and whitewash. On the brink
of breaking new ground, Harmond must choose between his ideals and reality; how to both achieve his dreams for himself and
the people of Pittsburgh, and honor the ghosts and demons of the city's history. Lyrical, bittersweet and questioning,
Radio Golf is the final chapter in August Wilsosn's monumental Pittsburgh Cycle, which
chronicles the lives of African Americans throughout the 20th century.
With Gretchen Corbett, David Seitz, and Kerry Ryan. Writers Michael and Linda Waterman share 20 years of marriage and literary aspirations.When Linda learns that she has cancer, she asks to read Michael's diaries; after all, he will read hers after she's gone. But inside his diaries are greater secrets than Linda anticipated; secrets that Michael claims are mere imagination. After the appearance of Abby, a woman from both their pasts, Linda's own history falls under suspicion. Fiction is a powerful exploration of the ever-shifting line between the "truth" and what we want to believe. |
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