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Productions directed by Mark Clayton Southers (including upcoming productions)
| Opening | Play title | Playwright | Company | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 2023 | The Bluegrass Mile | Mark Clayton Southers | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| Aug. 2023 | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre and August Wilson House | |
| Feb. 2023 | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | August Wilson | Black Theatre Troupe, Arizona | |
| Aug.-Sept. 2022 | Jitney | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre and August Wilson House | |
| Feb. 2022 | A Soldier's Play | Charles Fuller | Black Theatre Troupe, Arizona | |
| Sept. 2018 | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| May 2018 | King Hedley II | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre (codirected with Monteze Freeland and Dennis Robinson Jr.) |  |
| Oct. 2017 | W.E.B. / Booker T | Julius Williams and Richard Wesley | Trilogy: An Opera Company, New Jersey | |
| Sept. 2017 | The Battle of Homestead | Mark Clayton Southers | The Battle of Homestead Foundation | |
| June 2017 | A Gathering of Sons | Dwayne Fulton (composer), Tameka Cage Conley (librettist) | Pittsburgh Festival Opera (world premiere) | |
| Feb. 2017 | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | August Wilson | CAPA (Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School) | |
| Nov. 2016 | Five | Anthony Davis | Trilogy: An Opera Company, New Jersey | |
| Sept. 2016 | Fences | August Wilson | Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio | |
| Aug. 2016 | Seven Guitars | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| June 2016 | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | August Wilson | Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio | |
| June 2016 | Fences | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre at CCAC South |  |
| Jan. 2016 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Reading at Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio | |
| Nov. 2015 | The Piano Lesson | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre/August Wilson Center coproduction |  |
| May 2015 | Fences | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| March 2015 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Reading at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, for August Wilson Festival | |
| Jan. 2015 | Radio Golf | August Wilson | American Stage Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida |  |
| Oct. 2014 | The Book of Ezra | Leslie Ezra Smith | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| July 2014 | The Sty of the Blind Pig | Phillip Hayes Dean | Banyan Theater Company , Sarasota, FL |  |
| Oct. 2013 | Sold: Renn Woods in Concert | Renn Woods | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA (co-directed with Monteze Freeland) |  |
| Aug. 2013/2014 | Robeson | Adolphus Hailstork / Shauneille Perry | Trilogy: An Opera Company/Harlem Symphony, New Jersey (Poster, full opera video) |  |
| April 2013 | Passing Strange | Stew / Heidi Rodewald | Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio (Details, video excerpts, video promo) |  |
| Feb. 2013 | Papa Doc | Dorothy Rudd Moore | Trilogy: An Opera Company, New Jersey (Poster 1, 2, full opera video) |  |
| Jan. 2013 | The Piano Lesson | August Wilson | American Stage Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida (Video interview, Video) |  |
| Oct. 2012 | The Gleam in Teenie's Eye | Wali Jamal | History's Flipside Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA |  |
| June 2012 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA (restaged at August Wilson Center in September 2012) |  |
| April 2012 | Dutchman | Amiri Baraka | Bricolage Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA |  |
| March 2012 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Human Race Theatre, Dayton, Ohio (Story in PDF newsletter, video) |  |
| Feb. 2012 | The Gammage Project | Attilio Favorini | University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA |  |
| Sept. 2011 | Last of the Line | Samm Art Williams | August Wilson Center Theatre Ensemble, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Aug. 2011 | August in August | August Wilson | August Wilson Center Theatre Ensemble, Pittsburgh, PA |  |
| May 2011 | Testimony | Dr. Tameka L. Cage | August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh |  |
| Jan. 2011 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | August Wilson | American Stage Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida |  |
| Sept. 2010 | Almost, Maine | John Cariani | South Park Theater, Pittsburgh |  |
| May 2010 | Jitney | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre (Video available) |  |
| March 2010 | VALU-MART | Sean O'Leary | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| May 2009 | Seven Guitars | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| April 2009 | Reachings/Pain in My Heart | Rob Penny | Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh | |
| Feb. 2009 | Angry Black Man Poetry | Mark Clayton Southers | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre at Teatr Śląski in Katowice, Poland (Video excerpts available) |  |
| Nov. 2008 | Interesting Times | Jerry Starr | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| Oct. 2008 | The Other Side | Bob Gorczyca | Theatre Festival in Black & White, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| May 2008 | Two Trains Running | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| March 2008 | Bellevue Billy and the Weird-Ass Sisters | Martin Giles | BUS 24-hour play festival, Bricolage Theater, Pittsburgh | |
| Jan. 2008 | Freeman | Phillip Hayes Dean | New Horizon Theater, Pittsburgh |  |
| May 2008 | Annie | Strouse/Charnin/Meehan | Frick International Studies Academy, Pittsburgh |  |
| Oct. 2007 | Deep Azure | Chadwick Boseman | One Chair, One Couch, One Evening: An Evening of Playwrights Inspired By August Wilson, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh (also play curator) | |
| May 2007 | Pill Hill | Samuel Kelley | New Horizon Theater, Pittsburgh |  |
| April 2007 | Dutchman | LeRoi Jones | Bricolage Theater, Pittsburgh | |
| Jan. 2007 | Sparkle N' Glow | Jeanne Drennan | BUS 24-hour play festival, Bricolage Theater, Pittsburgh | |
| May 2007 | The Wiz | Smalls/Brown | Frick International Studies Academy, Pittsburgh | |
| Oct. 2006 | F.O.R.D. | David Turkel | Theatre Festival in Black & White, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| Sept. 2006 | The Piano Lesson | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |  |
| Feb. 2006 | August in February | August Wilson | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | |
| May 2006 | A Twist of the Tongue | Murray/Davies/Fendrich | Frick International Studies Academy, Pittsburgh | |
| Dec. 2005 | A Soldier's Play | Charles H. Fuller | New Horizon Theater, Pittsburgh | |
| Dec. 2005 | Stain | Corey Rieger | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| July 2005 | Paul Robeson | Phillip Hayes Dean | Griot Ensemble Theatre, Pittsburgh |  |
| June 2005 | I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me | Paula Matinac | Pittsburgh Pride Play Festival | |
| April 2005 | August in April, Vignettes by August Wilson | August Wilson | PPTCO / Pittsburgh Cultural Trust coproduction. Codirected. |  |
| Oct. 2004 | Ma Noah | Mark Clayton Southers | New Horizon Theater, Pittsburgh | |
| Oct. 2004 | After Life | Paula Martinac | Theatre Festival in Black & White, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| Sept. 2004 | Flame On Flame Off | Chris Noel | Pittsburgh New Works Festival | |
| May 2004 | Dorothy Six | James McManus | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre (restaged September 2004) |  |
| Oct. 2003 | Half of Zero | Amy Hartman | Theatre Festival in Black & White, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| Oct. 2003 | The Letter | Robert Isenberg | Theatre Festival in Black & White, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | |
| June 2003 | Boppin' with the Ancestors | Rob Penny | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre |
