Jitney

Event Details

Time: February 8, 2012 from 7pm to 9:30pm
Location: Two River Theater
Street: 21 Bridge Avenue
City/Town: Red Bank
Website or Map: http://www.trtc.org
Phone: 732-345-1400
Event Type: live, theater
Organized By: Two River Theater
Latest Activity: Feb 9

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Event Description

No writer captures the rhythm and musicality of language quite like August Wilson. One of the American theater’s finest writers, he is our greatest chronicler of the African-American experience. Jitney, his first play, is set in 1977 Pittsburgh, in a makeshift storefront depot for gypsy cab drivers. The men share stories and gossip, two young lovers fight for their future, and the station owner confronts his long-estranged son. Wilson illuminates the human condition with an exquisite sense of the poetry of ordinary life. ''Jitney holds its audience in charmed captivity,” says The New York Times.