Set in a black boardinghouse in Pittsburgh in 1911, this drama by the author of The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars and Fences is an installment in the author's series chronicling black life in each decade of this century. Each denizen of the boardinghouse has a different relationship to a past of slavery as well as to the urban present. They include the proprietors, an eccentric clairvoyant with a penchant for old country voodoo, a young homeboy up from the South and a mysterious stranger who is searching for his wife. "Gives haunting voice to the souls of the American dispossessed," N.Y. Times. "It is Wilson's epic vision, power and poetic sense that lift Joe Turner to strange and compelling heights," N.Y. Daily News. "A lovely, moving play," N.Y. Post.

August Wilson (1945-2005) created a 10-play cycle illustrating African-American life in the 10 decades of the 20th century.   He was a Broadway success, winning three Pulitzer Prizes  and many New York Theater awards.  His best known plays include Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Radio Golf which is currently running on Broadway.