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The Homecoming
His first play ever published. -
Black Bart and the Sacred Hills
A western musical -
Jitney stages and Ma Rainy's Black Bottom is written
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone premiers at Yale Repertory
A man searches for his estranged wife with his daughter but regains his identity along the way -
Fences is written
A story on a frustrated former Negro baseball player -
The piano lesson is written
a boy attempts to sell a piano covered in carvings from his heritage for quick money -
Two trains running
stories from a coffee shop in pittsburg -
Seven Guitars hits broadway
a group of friends mourn a blues musician after his sudden death -
King Hedley II hits broadway
A man trying to open a video store does whatever it takes to make ends meet, but struggles with his self worth and rough environment -
Gem of the Ocean is written
kicks off American century cycle, though being his second to last play every written -
Radio Golf
Ends both the American cycle and all of Wilson's written plays. A successful entrepernuer is aspiring to be the city's first black mayor, however his past could keep him from doing so.