The Piano Lesson is set in the 1930s and the place is Pittsburgh, PA. Boy Willie arrives from the south to claim his “half of the piano.” The piano is a family heirloom carved with the images of enslaved ancestors of the family and his sister Berniece is not willing to part with it. To her family, it meant more than a piano… it was their legacy and their future.
October 8-24, 2010
RLT Sutton Main Stage Theatre
By August Wilson
View the photos by Stuart Wagner.
Cast
In order of appearance:
Doaker: Warren Keyes
Boy Willie: Joseph Callender
Lymon: Jeremy V. Morris
Berniece: Randi Martin-Lee
Maretha: Janelle Netterville
Avery: Phillip Bernard Smith
Wining Boy: John Rogers Harris, PhD
Grace: Kyma Lassiter
Production Team
Director/Sound Designer: Haskell Fitz-Simons
Scenic Designer/Technical Director: Jim Zervas
Costume Designer: Vicki Olson
Lighting Designer: Joshua Reaves
Sound Engineer: Todd Houseknecht
Props Masters: Ann Marie Crosmun & Karen Monroe
Stage Manager: Timothy E. Locklear
Assistant Stage Manager: Dan Eckert
Assistant to Director: Damien Jewan Lee
Wig Styling: Randi Martin-Lee
Piano Carving Artist: Izzy Burger
Recorded Piano Music: Julie A. Florin
Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
House Manager Coordinator: Leon Sabarsky
Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
Production Crew
Audition Crew:Marie Berry, Amy Crum, Shelly Kraft, Chris Stigall & Scott Wray
Box Office Crew: Janet Bodell, Patsy Clarke, Bill Stelzenmuller & Scott Wray
Costume Shop Crew: Marty Adams, Morgan Adams, Mary Ali, Marie Berry, Jenny Butler, Courtney Jones, Susan Kimmel, Catherine Lambe, Kathy Mauney, Debbie Sherrod, Jean Wilkinson, Judy Wray & Joan Wright
Dressing Running Crew: Amy Blackwell (Crew Chief), Rhonda Andrews, Jody Brussard, Courtney Jones, Judy Keyes, Tammy Matthews, Alethea Phillips, Julie Robinson & Tatyana Stemkovski
House Managers: Jim Bates, Tucker Bullock, Lynn Freeman, Carol Friedlander, Lilo Miles, Mike Rumble, Bunny Safron, Jack Safron, LiisaTrent & Judi Wilkinson
Light Crew: Scott Wray (Crew Chief) & Tammy Matthews
Light Hang/Focus Crew: Sasha Anistratova, Ward Bowen, Roger Bridges, Dan Eckert, Todd Houseknecht, Bill Kochuk, Tammy Matthews, Alyssa Petrone, Elaine Petrone, Tommy Tallis, Stephanie Tullo & Scott Wray
Public Relation Crew: Shirley Botkin, Scotty Cherryholmes, Patsy Clarke, Erin Collums, Maggie Faircloth, Catherine Lambe, Carolyn LeRue, Martha Noyes, Jack Morton, Stuart Wagner, David Watts & Judi Wilkinson
Set Construction Crew: Bill Bell, Mardy Bell, Ward Bowen, Noel Butzke, Joseph Callender, Timothy Cherry, Gilly Conklin, Mackenzie Conklin, Bret Curro, Dave Davis, Dan Eckert, Caroline Griffin-Shaler, Catherine Griffin, John Rogers Harris PhD, Joseph Heil, Todd Houseknecht, Bill Kochuk, Warren Keyes, Catherine Lambe, David Langmeyer, Kyma Lassiter, Damien Jewan Lee, Randi Martin-Lee, Timothy E. Locklear, Jeff Miles, Jeremy V. Morris, Mark Morris, Steve Nance, Janelle Netterville, Alyssa Petrone, David Petrone, Elaine Petrone, Phillip Bernard Smith, Delores Webb, Dave Wray & Scott Wray
Sound Crew: Elaine Petrone (Crew Chief), Michael Gorman, Tina Reynolds & Leon Sabarsky