(75 minute run-time) *please note 8:15 pm start time*

August Wilson House celebrates America’s greatest playwright with a new web series of substantial insider interviews called “Actors Talk August,” streaming on the first and third Monday of each month.

Featured are leading August Wilson actors and directors, national and regional, interviewed by Chris Rawson, veteran Pittsburgh Post-Gazette theater critic who chronicled Wilson’s career and came to know him well. The aim is to capture the memories, anecdotes and insights of those who know Wilson’s epic American Century Cycle from the inside and helped to bring it to life.

David Gallo is the designer who worked longest with August, from premieres to Broadway, where he did five: King Hedley II, Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf, Jitney and the revival of Ma Rainey, plus How I Learned. Imaginative and eclectic, Gallo has designed also for Blue Man Group, Angels in America, Sesame Street and an array of Broadway musicals. Actors Talk August has already talked with a dramaturg and several Wilsonian directors; it’s time for a designer!

Each previous edition can be viewed via the links below:

1) Oct. 19 ATA Featuring Eugene Lee and Wali Jamal

3) Nov. 16 ATA Featuring Mark Clayton Southers

4) Dec. 7 ATA Featuring Ruben Santiago-Hudson

6) Jan 18 ATA Featuring Stephen McKinley Henderson

12) April 19 ATA featuring James Williams

August Wilson House (AWH) is Wilson’s Hill District childhood home at 1727 Bedford Ave. It is being restored as an arts center that will promote his artistic and cultural legacy while nurturing the artists of the future. Although the restoration won’t be finished until 2022, AWH is already sponsoring a wide range of programs including the annual Hill District Block Party/Community Festival, backyard productions in collaboration with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater, AWH Fellowships in collaboration with Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, August in the Schools (debuting this fall), several oral history projects and other programs centering community engagement.

"Actors Talk August" Presented by August Wilson House