AUDITIONS! - August Wilson's King Hedley II
Tue, Jan 27
|First United Methodist Church
King Hedley II is a gripping story of resilience, legacy, and survival. Set in 1985 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, this bold drama invites audiences into a deeply human journey of hope, struggle, and the fight for dignity against all odds.
Time & Location
Jan 27, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
First United Methodist Church, 501 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202, USA
About the event
Synopsis
Often thought of as the most tragic of Wilson’s plays, King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. The play follows King, an ex-con who is desperately trying to make $10,000 to open a video store by stealing refrigerators. We also meet his mother, Ruby; his wife, Tonya; his best friend, Mister; his next-door neighbor, Stool-Pigeon; and Ruby’s ex-lover, Elmore.
The play features characters from Wilson’s earlier work, Seven Guitars (Ruby and Canewell, known here as Stool-Pigeon), and mentions other characters from the rest of the cycle. King Hedley II is the son of Ruby and King Hedley I (known as simply Hedley in Seven Guitars), although the true identity of his biological father is unknown. The play takes place in the 1980s, a time of excessive violence amongst and against African-Americans.
Touching many of the same themes that Wilson brings up in his other…