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Guide on Past and Current Archives & Special Collections Exhibits @ the University of Pittsburgh Library System - Oakland (2020-present)

August Wilson Archive Display

Date of Exhibition: Spring 2020- Present

Curator: Bill Daw (Curator of the Curtis Theatre Collection) and Leah Mickens (August Wilson Project Archivist)

Location: Archives & Special Collections exhibit gallery, 3rd floor Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh 3960 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Description: Materials on display in this exhibit will rotate periodically while the August Wilson Archive is being processed by Archives & Special Collections staff. Currently we are highlighting materials relating to Wilson’s Seven Guitars, which included Keith David and Viola Davis in the cast.

  • Ma Rainley's Black Bottom Costume Designs; Daphne Pascucci, designer; 1984
  • Ma Rainley's Black Bottom Program; 1982
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Script; August Wilson, author; January 1984
  • Eugene O'neill Theater Center National Playwright Conference; July 1982
  • August Wilson with Theresa Merritt; A. VIncent Scarano, Photograph; 1982
  • Ma Rainley's Black Bottom Outline and Characters; August Wilson, author; 1981
  • Butler's Drug and Restaurant Placemat; 1981
  • Letter from Llyod Richards to August Wilson; August 9, 1982
  • Seven Guitars concept art; 1994
  • Broadway Playbill program, Walter Kerr Theatre; Constanza Romero, artist; 1996
  • Seven Guitars script; August Wilson, author; 1995
  • Seven Guitars publicity photographs; Joan Marcus, photographer; 1995
  • Seven Guitars memento from Ruban Santiago-Hudson to August Wilson; January 23,1995
  • Handwritten Seven Guitars dialogue; August Wilson, author; undated

Exhibit Photographs