Please join us as we travel to Benton Harbor to share with their community the amazing work of August Wilson's Seven Guitars. 

 

The fifth play in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, Seven Guitars is part elegy, part mystery, and all Blues. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Wilson's freewheeling comedy takes an intimate look at seven friends and the events leading up to the untimely death of an up-and-coming blues musician. Who or what killed Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton? Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948, this tale of star-crossed stardom, told in flashback, follows Floyd's last days, as his determination for a better future slams against life's harsh realities. (Seven Guitars includes depictions and language of racism, sexuality, physical violence, sexism, and death. Appropriate for those in high-school and up.)

 

The GhostLight Theatre

101 Hinkley St. 

Benton Harbor, MI 49022

Admission: General Admission: $35 Student: $27