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Free, registration requested. Join us for a guided experience inside August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape followed by a conversation with acclaimed actor, playwright, and historian Wali Jamal. Together, we will explore the Pittsburgh people and places that shaped Wilson’s worldview and inspired his ten-play American Century Cycle. Connecting with Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh annual call for art theme, Home, participants are invited to consider the ways August Wilson used his hometown as inspiration and source material. To learn more about this year’s Call for Art including submission guidelines, community workshops to support your submission, and see previous winners check out 2026-27 Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh Call for Art: Home About Wali Jamal Wali Jamal is a Pittsburgh-born actor, playwright, historian, and teaching artist. His theater career began in 1999 with Kuntu Repertory Theatre under the tutelage of the late Dr. Vernell A. Lillie, and has performed on every major Pittsburgh stage. He is the only actor in the world to have performed all ten plays in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and Wilson’s autobiographical solo work, How I Learned What I Learned. In 2018, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named him Performer of the Year, and civic bodies at the city, county, and state levels recognized his achievement. His historical work centers Pittsburgh and African American history; through residencies, and master classes he brings archival research and historical figures to contemporary audiences.