directed by Ron Himes
starring Walter Coppage
with Erik Kilpatrick, Deidra LaWan Starnes,
Frederick Strother and Kim Sullivan
In the Mead Theatre

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"Funny! Wry! Monumental! Prescient!"—
The Washington Post

In a run-down storefront in Pittsburgh’s deteriorating Hill District, mayoral candidate Harmond Wilks works out the logistics of a redevelopment project that will raze the decaying buildings of a primarily African-American neighborhood and bring in chain retailers and other "economically stimulating" businesses. All that stands in his way is an old house and its owner, an elderly man who refuses to be cleared out. As the only play in the Pittsburgh Cycle to deal directly with the black middle class, Radio Golf asks the question, Where do we go from here? Tackling the complex issues of gentrification and the esponsibilities of black politicians, Radio Golf searches for a way for African-Americans to move forward without abandoning their history.

In the wake of the 2008 presidential election and the rise of strong black mayors in cities across the United States, Radio Golf emerges as the most prescient of August Wilson’s plays. With a stunning ensemble of actors directed by Founder and Producing Director of The Saint Louis Black Repertory Company, Ron Himes, The Studio Theatre’s production of Radio Golf will strongly echo the current zeitgeist in Logan Circle, Washington and around the nation. "Not only is this Wilson’s most contemporary work. It is also his most accessible and most unambiguously political," exclaims Newsday. It is "an urgent call to remember what the 20th century has done to these people and its community."


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