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An interview with Soyica Colbert, dramaturg for Arena Stage's (Washington, D.C.) production of Two Trains Running.

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  • Repertory Theatre to co-produce Two Trains Running in DC

  • SC: In consultation with the Artistic team at Seattle Repertory Theatre, we provided research about August Wilson’s Century Cycle, Two Trains Running’s place in the cycle, Pittsburgh in the 1960s, Gentrification, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and the Black Arts Movement

  • In Two Trains, we found that Wilson’s grappling with questions about self-determination and justice at the heart of the black power and black arts movements continue to inform political and artistic organizations today

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Repertory Theatre to co-produce Two Trains Running in DC. The run was originally scheduled for March 30 through April 29, but, due to its success, was extended through May. This play is August Wilson’s seventh installment in his ten-play American Century Cycle, premiering on Broadway in 1992. Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Through the characters in this play, Wilson

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