Seven Guitars

3 1/2 Stars “hugely enjoyable” -Chicago Tribune

“hypnotic experience”  -Chicago Sun-Times

5 Stars “stirring performances” -Time Out Chicago

“Unforgetable” -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

In the backyard of a Pittsburgh tenement, six characters gather to mourn the missing seventh: Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a blues guitarist who died with fame and celebrity just beyond his reach. Stitched with vibrant swatches of American blues lyrics and harmonized through a seven-piece ensemble, Seven Guitars explores the dissonant harmonies we sometimes find in the circular nature of hope, violence, fate, and justice.

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Photo of Kelvin Roston Jr., Jerod Haynes, Ebony Wimbs, Felicia P. Fields, Ronald L. Conner, and Allen Gilmore by Michael Brosilow.