KING HEDLEY II

By August Wilson

Directed by Ron Himes

Peddling stolen refrigerators hoping to open a video store one day, King Hedley, an ex-con, toils with self-worth. Getting, spending, killing, and dying in a world where getting is hard and killing is commonplace are threads woven into this 1980s installment in the author’s renowned cycle of plays about the Black experience in America. Drawing on characters established in “Seven Guitars,” “King Hedley II” shows how shadows of the past can darken the present as King seeks retribution for his mother’s lies.

Sponsored in part by the Whitaker Foundation.

JUNE 19 - JULY 14, 2024

Edison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis

INTERGENERATIONAL MATINEE DATE:

JUNE 26, 2024