Home in The Writer’s Landscape: Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh Workshop

Join us for a guided tour of August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape, followed by a conversation with actor, playwright, and historian Wali Jamal. Moving through “The Coffee Shop,” “The Office,” and “The Street,” participants will consider how the people and places of Pittsburgh shaped August Wilson’s creative life and the American Century Cycle. Connecting to this year’s theme: Home The program connects with the 2026-27 Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh call for art theme, Home, by inviting participants to reflect on belonging, memory, migration, neighborhood, and the ways art can help imagine Pittsburgh as a place where everyone can live and thrive. The conversation will encourage artists to draw on lived experience and the places and relationships that help create a sense of home. Explore the 2026-27 Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh Call for Art: Home About August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape The Writer’s Landscape is the first permanent exhibition dedicated to August Wilson’s life and work. The 3,600-square-foot experience explores the Pittsburgh people and places that shaped his worldview and inspired his ten-play American Century Cycle. Learn more: August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape About Wali Jamal Wali Jamal is a Pittsburgh-born actor, playwright, historian, and teaching artist. His theater career began in 1999 with Kuntu Repertory Theatre under the tutelage of the late Dr. Vernell A. Lillie, and he has performed on every major Pittsburgh stage. He is the only actor in the world to have performed all ten plays in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and Wilson’s autobiographical solo work, How I Learned What I Learned. In 2018, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named him Performer of the Year, and civic bodies at the city, county, and state levels recognized his achievement. His historical work centers Pittsburgh and African American history; through residencies, and master classes he brings archival research and historical figures to contemporary audiences.