Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents August Wilson's classic drama Jitney, which depicts the lives of the drivers at a jitney cab station in the Hill District in 1977.

The production will be performed outdoors, in the back yard of August Wilson House, Wilson's childhood home in Pittsburgh's Hill District, and now revitalized as an arts center for the Hill. Jitney is co-presented with August Wilson House, which will host their grand opening celebration during the run of the play.

PPTCO founder and producing artistic & executive director Mark Clayton Southers directs the production, which features Sala Udin as Becker, Jonathan Berry as Booster, Chuck Timbers as Doub, Boykin Anthony as Philmore, EIexa Hanner as Rena, Roosevelt Watts as Shealy, Richard McBride as Youngblood, Mike Traylor as Fielding, and Les Howard as Turbo.