April 15, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele profiles August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which is being performed at the World Theater. Report looks at how Wilson has given a path for local African American playwrights.
April 21, 1992 - Midday presents a keynote speech by playwright August Wilson, entitled "Odyssey of an African in America," for the Minnesota Alumni Association annual meeting. In speech, Wilson comments on his appreciation for St. Paul, his former home.
May 14, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews director Julia Carey and actor Don T. Maseng about Little Theater production of Ron Hutchinson’s Rat in the Skull. The play explores the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland through a tense interrogation between a Protestant RUC officer and a Catholic IRA bomber.
May 15, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles the Playwrights' Center, as it celebrates 20 years fostering plays in Minneapolis. Segment includes numerous playwrights and artists reflecting on the importance of the organization to the arts community.
May 15, 1992 - MPR’s Bruce MacDonald talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director at Penumbra Theatre, about productions of The Mighty Gents and Dutchman. Bellamy compares the subject matter of plays to the angry unrest after Rodney King trial acquittals. Bellamy also shares his personal thoughts.
June 11, 1992 - Local playwright Paul Mohrbacher talks about his play, The Chancellor's Tale, which won the 1991 Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition.
July 10, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews actors Douglas Sills and Kevin McGuire about their experience as part of national tour of Secret Garden play.
July 15, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder talks with Minnesota Black actor and playwright Kim Hines about her revival of Who Was I The Last Time I Saw You?, which is being staged at The Southern Theater. The play is a one-woman performance highlighting four different lives of Black women/girls. Segment includes a powerful reading by Hines.
August 13, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with playwright Laurie Carlos and director Lou Bellamy on the Penumbra-Walker collaboration of Carlo’s White Chocolate For My Father.
September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on playwright John B. Davidson’s The Last Minstrel Show, being performed at The Penumbra Theatre. The play is about the lynching of three African American circus workers in Duluth on June 15th, 1920.