Produced in Partnership with the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration, FPCT is proud to present the seventh play in August Wilson’s extraordinary American Century Cycle.
In the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1977, a group of Black men struggle to make a living as drivers for a makeshift taxi company. Owner Jim Becker’s son, Clarence, returns from prison just as the cab company faces a critical juncture. Deep animosities and long-held grudges come to the surface, jeopardizing the prospects for the drivers, who include alcoholic Fielding, gossipy, comical Turnbo, and earnest, decent Youngblood.
While Jitney falls eighth chronologically in the American Century Cycle, it was the first play of the series to be written and produced.