August Wilson's Jitney
- Full Length Play, Drama, 1970s
- 8M, 1F
- ISBN: 9780573627958
"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."
New York Daily News
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: 1970s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Exterior Ser
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Tony Award for Best Play Revival (2017)
Winner! New York Drama Critics Award for Best New Play
Winner! Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
August Wilson is the recipient of the 1986 Whiting Award for Drama
REVIEWS:
"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."
New York Daily News
"Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the talk has such a varied range and musicality, and it is rendered with such stylish detail, that a complete urban symphony emerges... Drivers return from jobs with stories that summon an entire ethos... Thoroughly engrossing, Jitney holds us in charmed captivity."
The New York Times
"Comic, soulful and immensely moving."
Time Out
"A transport of delight! So vividly written... it keeps you steadily amused, concerned and moved."
New York Magazine
Characters
- Casting: 8M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
TURNBO - Jitney driver who is always interested in the business of others.
YOUNGBLOOD - Jitney driver and Vietnam veteran. Mid-to-late 20s.
FIELDING - Jitney driver and former tailor, has a dependency on alcohol.
DOUB - Longtime jitney driver and a Korean War veteran.
SHEALY - Numbers taker who often uses the jitney station as his base.
BOOSTER - Becker's son; recently released from prison. In his early 40s.
RENA - Youngblood's girlfriend and mother of their young son.
PHILMORE - Local hotel doorman, a reoccurring jitney passenger.
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Set in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century. |
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