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Artists Repertory Theatre presents Seven Guitars through Nov. 11.
Seven Guitars Hits Artist Rep Stage
Direction by
Portland
playwright
Kevin Jones
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M E O t A .C O M
The rhythm o f 1948 Pittsburgh
co m es to life in Portland A rtist
Reparatory T heatre’s prem iere o f
Seven Guitars, the 6th play by A m eri
can playw right A ugust W ilson in a
set o f 10 he wrote exploring the A fri
can-A m erican experience in the 20th
Kevin Jones
Century.
The backyard chords and C hi us the color, lushness and m u scu
cago dream s o f W ilson’s seven black larity o f life,” said Portland A frican-
characters play out in a yearning A m erican playw right K evin Jones,
the directo r o f the local production.
w hisper and an indignant refrain.
Buried rom ance, resentm ents and “ B lues lyrics are w ritten into the
aspirations are unearthed in their script and m ake the m usic o f the
everyday lives m uch like epic lyrics play equal to the w ords - a separate
to a m oving song. The rooster crow s ch aracter.”
The play opens Tuesday, Oct. 9
for justice, the musicians w eave like
boxers as hope, pride and despera and runs through Nov. 11 at the
tion partner to w altz aw ay the A m eri M orrison Stage, 1515 S.W. Morrison.
J o n e s , p re v io u s d ir e c to r o f
can Dream.
“A ugust W ilson w ants to show R om ulus Linney’s “A Lesson before
D ying” at Profile Theatre and A u
gust W ilson’s “M a R ainey’s Black
B ottom ” at Portland Playhouse, is
also the co-creator o f The A ugust
W ilson Red D oor Project, an organi
zation that uses arts as a catalyst to
transform the racial ecology o f Port
land.
Jones is no novice to the stage.
W ith 30 plus years in theater, he
recently received a D ram m y A w ard
for O utstanding Perform ance in a
supporting role for his heartw arm ing
perform ance o f “O ld Joe” in Radio
G olf by A ugust W ilson at Portland
Playhouse.
Artist R ep’s Seven G uitars stars
V ictor M ack, M ichael J. A sberry,
R am o n a L isa A le x an d e r, G ay le
Sam uels, M ujahid A bdul-R ashid,
Lance M cQ ueen, A shley W illiams,
and A nya Pearson.
Seven G uitars is presented with
support from the National Endow
m ent for the Arts, T he Standard and
Individual Producers Kris O lson and
Les Swanson.
F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , v is it
artistsrep.org o r call 503.241.1278.
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