PUZZL EP I ECES
All About Signature’s 2006-07 Playwright-In-Residence, August Wilson.
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ACROSS
1. “Law & Order” star, Broadway’s Berneice
4. The character of Wining Boy shares his
name in part with a blues piece by this
legend (3 words)
6. Signature’s first play by Wilson (2 words)
8. Actors/Brothers of The Piano Lesson,
Brandon and Jason __________
10. Sport played by Troy Maxson of Fences
12. Red Carter serves this role in
Seven Guitars
14. The female character who appears in
both Seven Guitars and King Hedley II
Valid one per person,
for one-time use only.
7. Wilson completed this play during
a 10-day writing spree in Minnesota
24. Lortel Award-winning Wining Boy
of Signature’s The Piano Lesson
9. Aunt in Gem of the Ocean
25. Actor Frankie of Signature’s
Two Trains Running
26. Director for the premiere of
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,
starring Angela Bassett
11. Wilson spent one year in this branch
of the military
16. Star of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Broadway revival
17. This library bestowed its only honorary
degree on Wilson
27. The unseen title figure in Wilson’s
play set in the 1910s
19. Title role actor in Signature’s
King Hedley II
28. _______ Willie of The Piano Lesson
21. Wilson’s Tony win for Best New Play
29. Wilson’s surname at birth
23. Constanza Romero’s term for August’s
devoted actors: Wilsonian __________
DOWN
18. Wilson’s hometown, in short
2. Wilson dropped out of high school
after being accused of this
22. The 4 B’s Wilson was inspired by:
Bearden, Borges, Baraka, and the ________
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23. Wilson’s play set in the 1990s
(2 words)
15. Ruben Santiago-Hudson learned
to play this instrument for his role as
Canewell in the Broadway production
of Seven Guitars
20. First and last name of Signature’s
Vera in Seven Guitars
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1. Only play in the Century Cycle not set
in Pittsburgh’s Hill District (4 words)
3. Academy Award-winning star
of Fences Broadway revival
25. The first professional production
Wilson attended, at the Pittsburgh Public
Theater in 1976, was written by this
Signature Playwright
28. __________ Mordecai III,
Broadway producer and champion
of Wilson’s work
5. Wilson’s one-man show
How I __________ What I __________
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