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Theaters That Have Completed August Wilson's 
American Century Cycle 

By Christopher Rawson 
Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh 

Theater Critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Officer, August Wilson House 

              
Keywords 

August Wilson, American Century Cycle Awards, Broadway, Christopher Rawson 

From the author: The theaters are listed in the order each completed its tenth play in the cycle.  
Dates are when they staged their first and last play in the cycle.   

In parenthesis is the number of productions pre-Broadway.  This list is a work in progress: please 
send corrections or additions to cchr@pitt.edu. 

 
1. Goodman Theater, Chicago, 1986-2007 (7) 
2. Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1986-2007 (5) 
3. St. Louis Black Rep, ?-2008 
4. Pittsburgh Public Theater, 1989-2008 (2) 
5. Denver Center Theatre, 1989-2009  
6. Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul, 1984-2009 (1) 
7. Huntington Theater, Boston, 1986-2012 (8) 
8. Ensemble Theatre, Houston, 1985-2012 
9. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, 2003-13  
10. Anthony Bean Community Theatre, New Orleans, 2001-13 
11. The Actors Group, Honolulu, 2004-15 
12. Lower Bottom Playaz, Oakland, 2011-16 
13. M Ensemble, Miami, incomplete information  
14. American Stage, St. Petersburg, 2007-2017 
15. Broadway, 1984-2017 1

16. Hattiloo Theatre, Memphis, 2008-18  
 

17. New African Grove, Atlanta, 2009-2018 

                                                           
1 Counting the off-Broadway “Jitney” of 2000, New York City completed the cycle in 2007, but Broadway itself 

had to wait until 2017. Broadway isn’t a theater company, but in a way it is, so why not award it a plaque, wherever 
it might hang? 



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Author Bio 

Mr. Christopher Rawson is senior theater critic at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, an emeritus member 
of the Pitt English Department, and an officer of August Wilson House. 

 
 
 

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	Theaters That Have Completed August Wilson's American Century Cycle
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