Radio Golf
April 2-25
VENUE: Portland Playhouse
602 NE Prescott St.
Portland, OR 97211 | Map
DIRECTOR:Directed by Brian Weaver
CAST:
Bobby Bermea,* Kevin Jones,* Victor Mack, Lawrence Street,* and Andrea White
*Member of Actors Equity Association
SHOW DATES:
Show Times: Thursday – Saturday 8pm and Sundays at 2pm
Preview: April 2nd ($10 preview, no press please)
Opening Night: April 3rd
Talkbacks: Every Sunday after the show
Closes: April 25th
BOX OFFICE/TICKETS:
Preview $10
Thursdays and Sundays $14
Fridays and Saturdays $19
Buy online at: www.portlandplayhouse.org
Or call the box office: (503) 205-0715
ABOUT THE SHOW:
"When your way gets dark, turn your lights up high."
"It ain't nothing to wrestle a bear if you know where to grab him."
Harmond Wilks, on the fast-track to success, is determined to reunite the racially divided city of Pittsburgh in his campaign to be the city's first black mayor. His first step: cash in on minority redevelopment funds to rebuild the Hill District, a dying neighborhood whose stores are shuttered, houses crumbling, and well-known families moved elsewhere. With big contracts from Whole Foods and Starbucks, a community health center in progress, and a speech condemning police brutality in the paper, Harmond's future looks strong. Until the mysterious Old Joe, owner of 1839 Wylie Avenue, a former mainstay of the neighborhood slated for demolition, gets in the way. Paintbrush in hand, Old Joe confronts Harmond with the layers of history, both beautiful and bloody, soaked into the homes and streets that he seeks to remove and whitewash in his attempts to create a future.
On the brink of breaking new ground, Harmond must choose between his ideals and reality; how to both achieve his dreams for himself and the people of Pittsburgh and honor the ghosts and demons of the city's – and America's – history. Lyrical, bittersweet, and questioning, Radio Golf is the final chapter in August Wilson's monumental Pittsburgh Cycle, which chronicles the lives of African Americans through the 20th century.
BaseRoots is partially funded by the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.
Press:
Willamette Week - April 7th, 2010
Radio Golf (Portland Playhouse and Baseroots Theatre Company)
OregonLive - April 4th, 2010
Portland Playhouse scores with clear, powerful production of 'Radio Golf'
OregonLive - April 1st, 2010
Bridging a gulf in Albina district with August Wilson's 'Radio Golf'
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