King Hedley II by August Wilson

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Advisory: Contains Adult Language and Situations

Run Time: 2.5 Hours plus 1 intermission

SYNOPSIS
Its 1980’s inner city Pittsburgh, King Hedley II is an ex-con peddling stolen refrigerators to save up for his own business and hopefully a new life. Desperately fighting to overcome his record, his family and a world that’s against him, King spends his time trying to plant seeds in a garden where nothing can grow. This becomes the perfect metaphor for his life and his dreams seemingly doomed to a violent end. In Wilson’s darkest and most symbolic play, King Hedley II is the eighth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, a haunting and challenging tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE FOR AGES 16+.

King Hedley II Who’s Who

KING  – Ex-Con fighting to find a new life. Strives to live by his own moral code.
RUBY – King’s mother, former torch singer who recently moved back to Pittsburgh.
MISTER – King’s best friend since grade school and sometimes “business” partner.
ELMORE – Ruby’s longtime, but sporadic flame. A professional hustler.
TONYA – King’s wife of a few years.
STOOL PIGEON – King’s next-door neighbor. The neighborhood’s truthsayer.