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Two Trains Running – Press Release

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Acclaimed team celebrates Black History Month with revival
of August Wilson’s
Two Trains Runningat Matrix Theatre

WHAT:
Two Trains Running The team behind last year’s acclaimed Ovation, LADCC and Stage Raw award-nominated production of August Wilson’s King Hedley II returns to the Matrix with another installment of Pulitzer Prize winning August Wilson’s “American Century Cycle,” the playwright’s decade-by-decade exploration of the black experience in 20th century America. It’s 1969 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, where the regulars of Memphis Lee’s restaurant struggle to cope with the turbulence of a world that is rapidly changing around them. With compassion, humor and a superb sense of place and time, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of everyday lives in the shadow of great events.

WHO:
• Written by August Wilson
• Directed by Michele Shay
• Starring Dorian Missick, Alex Morris, Nija Okoro, Montae Russell, Terrell Tilford, Adolphus Ward, Ellis Williams; stand-bys: Jon Chaffin, Lee Stansberry, Cortney Wright
• Scenic design by John Iacovelli
• Lighting design by Brian Gale
• Sound design by Jeff Gardner
• Costume design by Mylette Nora
• Produced by Sophina Brown

WHEN:
Previews: Jan. 26, Jan. 27, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1
Performances: Feb. 2 – March 3
Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Jan. 31 (preview); Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28
Fridays at 8 p.m.: Feb. 1 (preview), Feb. 8, 15, 22; March 1
Saturdays at 2 p.m.: Feb. 9, 16, 23; March 2
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Jan. 26 (preview); Feb. 2 (opening), Feb. 9, 16, 23; March 2

Sundays at 2 p.m.: Jan. 27(preview); Feb. 3, 17, 24; March 3

WHERE:

A guest production at the
Matrix Theatre

7657 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046s
(west of Stanley Ave., between Fairfax and La Brea)

HOW:

855-326-9945 or augustwilsonstwotrainsrunning.eventbrite.com

TICKET PRICES:
General Admission: $35

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