August Wilson Journal V o l . 1 | S p r i n g 2 0 1 9 I S S N 2 5 7 7 - 7 4 3 2 ( o n l i n e ) D O I 1 0 . 5 1 9 5 / a w j . 2 0 1 9 . 4 1 a u g u s t w i l s o n . p i t t . e d u 1 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? A U G U S T W I L S O N J O U R N A L V o l . 1 | S p r i n g 2 0 1 9 a u g u s t w i l s o n . p i t t . e d u D O I 1 0 . 5 1 9 5 / a w j . 2 0 1 9 . 4 1 I S S N 2 5 7 7 - 7 4 3 2 ( o n l i n e ) 2 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. Articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This journal is published by the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/� http://www.library.pitt.edu/� http://www.pitt.edu/� http://www.library.pitt.edu/d-scribe-digital-collections� http://upress.pitt.edu/� http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/� Theaters That Have Completed August Wilson's American Century Cycle Keywords Author Bio