The Piano Lesson - Broadway Creative Team

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Production Staff

August Wilson Playwright

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Producer
(In Association With)

Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Gordon Davidson, Artistic/ Producer

Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President) Producer

E. David Cosier, Jr. Scenic Designer

Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President) Theatre Owner / Operator

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Manag Producer
(In Association With)

Old Globe Theatre (Jack O'Brien, Artistic Director; Thomas Hall, Managing D Producer
(In Association With)

Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Producer
(In Association With)

Christopher Akerlind Lighting Designer

Broadway: End of the Rainbow, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, 110 In The Shade (Tony nom.), Shining City, Well, Awake and Sing! (Tony nom.), Rabbit Hole, The Light In The Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics awards), Reckless, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Seven Guitars (Tony nom.), among others. Recent: King Lear (Public Theater), Kdo! (Foret Nationale, Brussels), Kafeneion (Athens Festival), Garden Of Earthly Delights (Minetta Lane); Orpheus X (TFANA), Kaos (NYTW). Awards: Obie/Sustained Excellence, among others.

Stephen J. Albert Associate Producer

Dwight D. Andrews Composer
(Incidental Music)

Jeffrey Richards Associates General Press Representative

Sally Campbell Company Manager

Karen L. Carpenter Production Stage Manager

Tom Clark Sound Designer

Gordon Davidson Producer

Serino Coyne, Inc. Advertising

Russell W. Johnson Stage Manager

Fran Kumin Casting

Delphine Lester Marketing Consultant

Neil Mazzella Production Supervisor

Benjamin Mordecai Executive Producer

Lloyd Richards Producer

Director

Constanza Romero Costume Designer

Romero met playwright August Wilson in 1990 when her Yale School of Drama teachers assigned her to design costumes for his play, The Piano Lesson. The couple married in 1994, and had one child, Azula Carmen Wilson. Wilson died in October 2005. Romero has twice been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play (in 2005 and 2010, respectively)

Meg Simon Casting

Goodman Theatre Producer
(In Association With)

Laurel Ann Wilson General Manager

Awards and Nominations

1990 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Director - Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

Outstanding New Play: August Wilson won.

1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards

Best Play: August Wilson won.

1990 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Best Broadway Play: 0 was nominated but did not win.

Best Debut Performance: Rocky Carroll won.

Best Director: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

1990 Theatre World Awards

Performance: Tommy Hollis won.

Performance: Rocky Carroll won.

1990 Tony Awards

Best Direction of a Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: August Wilson was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Old Globe Theatre was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Goodman Theatre was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Huntington Theatre Company was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Eugene O'Neill Theatre was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Benjamin Mordecai was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Jujamcyn Theatres was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Gordon Davidson was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Yale Repertory Theatre was nominated but did not win.

Best Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

1989 The Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: August Wilson was nominated but did not win.

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