I have not tried to infuse her historically with my life, but it is so me.

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Hes the truth, Richardson Jackson says of the playwright, tapping her index finger on her highlighted script.

It is hard for me to findbeautifulwriters like August Wilson.

This boy, hes got that extra lil something that God touches you with.

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Two-time Tony-winning actor Phylicia Rashad directs this production, developed at Chicagos Steppenwolf Theatre.

When we meet the Jaspers, they are a family in a transitional twilight they cannot perceive.

The problems Jacobs-Jenkins gives the Jaspers arepulled from more than just headlines.

What holds her together?

Those are the kinds of questions Im asking myself.

In previews February 25 at the Hayes Theater.

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