A Dramatist’s Guide to Pittsburgh
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ittsburgh is the backdrop of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, ten plays showcasing the African American experience set in every decade of the twentieth century. After 1990, the Pittsburgh where Wilson was born and raised continued to change, including more people and places offering writers opportunities to share their worldview with audiences and like-minded creatives.

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Alyssa Velazquez
Alyssa Velazquez

is an assistant curator at Carnegie Museum of Art. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women, Trans & Nonbinary Folx, Burnaway, and AutoStraddle. Residences include Storyknife and as a Freshworks Artist at Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Velazquez was selected as a 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow, a 2024 Lambda Literary fellow, and was invited to join PlayPenn’s 2024-25 Playwrights Cohort.