august wilson

King Hedley II returns from a prison sentence in 1985 to find his Pittsburgh community in crisis, burdened with violence, the effects of redlining and the unfulfilled promises of Reagan economics.

Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP) returns to Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall this month with a stirring rendition of August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars.”

The Huntington has a long history with playwright August Wilson, so it’s fitting that after a two-and-a-half-year closure and restoration, the company’s newly renovated historic theater on Huntington Avenue reopens  Oct. 14 with Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” running through Nov. 13.