August Wilson
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Biography
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Life Events
1968
Co-founded Black Horizons Theatre Company
1973
Presented one of his first plays, "Recycling."
1979
Wrote first play "Jitney" in 1979, which was produced at Allegheny Repertory Theater in 1982
1980
Received a fellowship for The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis.
1981
Finished "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; accepted at the Eugene O'Neill Center
1983
"Fences" accepted at O'Neill Center
1984
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" produced at Yale Rep; transferred to Broadway; initial collaboration with director Lloyd Richards; nominated for a Tony Award as Best Play
1985
Published the play "Fences," which won the Pulitzer, Tony Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award.
1986
"Joe Turner's Come and Gone" first produced at Yale Repertory Theater
1987
"The Piano Lesson" premiered at Yale Repertory Theater
1987
"Fences" opened on Broadway; earned Pulitzer and Tony Award as Best Play
1988
Earned Tony nomination for Best Play for "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
1990
Continued association with Yale Rep with debut of "Two Trains Running"
1990
Picked up second Pulitzer Prize for "The Piano Lesson"; also received Tony nomination for Best Play
1992
Garnered yet another Tony nomination for Best Play for "Two Trains Running"
1995
Adapted "The Piano Lesson" for television; aired on CBS; also served as a producer; received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing a Miniseries or a Special
1995
"Seven Guitars" premiered in Chicago
1996
Received Tony nod for Best Play for "Seven Guitars"
1996
Premiered rewritten version of "Jitney" at Pittsburgh Public Theater
2000
New play "King Hedley II" at Pittsbugh Public Theater
2000
"Jitney" produced to great success Off-Broadway
2004
Wrote the play "Gem of the Ocean"; earned a Tony nomination for Best Play
2005
Penned the play, "Radio Golf" which premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2005 (opened on Broadway in 2007, after his death), earned a Tony nomination for Best Play
2016
Premiere of film version of "Fences," directed by and starring Denzel Washington
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