The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

February 25, 2022 — March 6, 2022

Parish Theatre

  • Synopsis
  • Cast & Crew
  • Production Team

PLAY

We are thrilled to be producing this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the legendary August Wilson. Set in 1936, Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family’s rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated.

RATING: Recommended for Mature Audiences

“This immensely satisfying show, …, brings a timely reminder of how consoling, how restorative, how emotionally sustaining great theater can be.”
-The New York Times

CAST

Boy Willie – Delanti Hall*
Berniece – Khadijah Brown*
Doaker – Ronald E. Ware
Lymon – Xavier D. Bolden
Wining Boy – Sid “The Rock” Ellis
Avery – Dennis Dent*
Maretha – Mahalia Reign
Grace – Ryan Tiara Jordan*
The Ghost of Sutter – Lou Irwin, Jr.

CREW

  • Stage Manager – Jan Watson
  • Assistant Stage Manager/Floor Manager – Brian R. Bay
  • Light Board Operator – Laura Cathcart
  • Playback Operator – Laura VanOrman
  • A1 Sound Operator – Martha Bay
  • * Denotes Civic Debut

Director – Anthony J. Hamilton
Scenic Designer& Charge Painter- Rachel Tuba
Lighting & Sound Designer – Delaney McKenzie
Technical Director – Phillip A. Miller
Properties Master – Stacy Bartell
Stage Manager – Jan Watson
Director of Volunteers – Mike Artis
Assistant Stage Manager – Brian Bay
Production Stage Manager – Kira Sheffer
Scenic Artist – David Khyn
Scenic Carpenters – Ryan Burke & Christopher Lewis