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The struggles of the Black community, the power of resilience, and the unwavering demand for respect. These are themes that flow through the beautifully written and performed autobiography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson.<\/p>\n

The legendary Black playwright\u2019s \u201cHow I Learned What I Learned\u201d will be showing in New Orleans at the Le Petit Th\u00e9\u00e2tre from April 20 \u2013 May 7, 2023.\u00a0 Wilson, who died in 2005,\u00a0 originally starred in the play himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cTreme\u201d actor, Lance Nichols is the star of this one-man play. He is well known for memorable performances in \u201cThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button\u201d and \u201cInto the Badlands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through a collaboration between the Le Petit Th\u00e9\u00e2tre and the Portland Stage, the show just wrapped in Portland, Maine. The Portland audience was mostly white but coming to New Orleans\u2019 more ethnically diverse audience, Nichols expects the performance to hit home even harder, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a Black man who had the same struggles that, unfortunately, a lot of us still deal with today \u2013 disenfranchisement, poor housing, gentrification, profiling, all that stuff that August talks about in this thing, man, sadly, in 2023, you\u2019re still dealing with.\u201d Nichols says.<\/p>\n

Nichols hopes that the play can serve as an inspiration for disenfranchised youth who might see themselves in Wilson\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

Wilson, a Pittsburgh native, who is best known for a series of ten plays,<\/em>\u00a0which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century, including \u201cFences\u201d, \u201cThe Piano Lesson\u201d, \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d, and \u201cJoe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone\u201d, dropped out of high school at 15 years old and got his education between the Pittsburgh Public Library and the turbulent streets of the city\u2019s Hill District.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of times people think you know, okay, well I didn\u2019t finish school and there\u2019s no future for me and that\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s decision to leave high school came after he turned in an essay to his teacher, who accused him of plagiarism. He felt disrespected, and left. As a playwright, respect would become a common theme for Wilson.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemand respect. If it costs you your life, then you have lived a good life and died an honorable death,\u201d Nichols says, quoting from Wilson, and citing the relevance of demanding respect during the era of Jim Crow racism.<\/p>\n

To purchase tickets for August Wilson\u2019s \u201cHow I Learned What I Learned\u201d at Le Petit, call the box office at 504-522-2081 x 1 or visit https:\/\/www.lepetittheatre.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post Actor Hopes Playwright\u2019s Life Inspires Today\u2019s Youth<\/a> appeared first on The New Orleans Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in <\/em>The New Orleans Tribune.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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