The History of African Americans in Pittsburgh on Stage

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

In this roundtable discussion, panelists explore the ways in which Pittsburgh playwrights from the late Rob Penny and August Wilson to contemporary dramatists utilize stagecraft in the depiction and/or interpretation of the history of African Americans in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sub Unit

• 109th ASALH Annual Conference

Chair

• Shawn Lamar Williams, Georgia State University

Presenters

• Mark Clayton Southers, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre

• Sala Udin, Community Activist/Artist

• Frank Floyd Hightower, Hightower Photography