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The Piano Lesson - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

August Wilson Playwright
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Producer
(In Association With)
E. David Cosier, Jr. Scenic Designer
Christopher Akerlind Lighting Designer
Broadway: End of the Rainbow, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, 110 In The Shade (Tony nom.), Shining City, Well, Awake and Sing! (Tony nom.), Rabbit Hole, The Light In The Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics awards), Reckless, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Seven Guitars (Tony nom.), among others. Recent: King Lear (Public Theater), Kdo! (Foret Nationale, Brussels), Kafeneion (Athens Festival), Garden Of Earthly Delights (Minetta Lane); Orpheus X (TFANA), Kaos (NYTW). Awards: Obie/Sustained Excellence, among others. ... read more
Stephen J. Albert Associate Producer
Dwight D. Andrews Composer
(Incidental Music)
Jeffrey Richards Associates General Press Representative
Sally Campbell Company Manager
Karen L. Carpenter Production Stage Manager
Tom Clark Sound Designer
Gordon Davidson Producer
Serino Coyne, Inc. Advertising
Russell W. Johnson Stage Manager
Fran Kumin Casting
Delphine Lester Marketing Consultant
Neil Mazzella Production Supervisor
Benjamin Mordecai Executive Producer
Lloyd Richards Producer
Director
Constanza Romero Costume Designer
Romero met playwright August Wilson in 1990 when her Yale School of Drama teachers assigned her to design costumes for his play, The Piano Lesson. The couple married in 1994, and had one child, Azula Carmen Wilson. Wilson died in October 2005. Romero has twice been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play (in 2005 and 2010, respectively) ... read more
Meg Simon Casting
Goodman Theatre Producer
(In Association With)
Laurel Ann Wilson General Manager

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Awards and Nominations

1990 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Director - Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding New Play: August Wilson won.

1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Play: August Wilson won.

1990 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Broadway Play: 0 was nominated but did not win.
Best Broadway Play: 0 was nominated but did not win.
Best Debut Performance: Rocky Carroll won.
Best Debut Performance: Rocky Carroll won.
Best Director: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.
Best Director: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

1990 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Tommy Hollis won.
Performance: Rocky Carroll won.

1990 Tony Awards
Best Direction of a Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: August Wilson was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Old Globe Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Goodman Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Huntington Theatre Company was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Eugene O'Neill Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Benjamin Mordecai was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Jujamcyn Theatres was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Gordon Davidson was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Yale Repertory Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Lloyd Richards was nominated but did not win.

1989 The Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: August Wilson was nominated but did not win.

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