Gem of the Ocean (2004)

Production still from Gem of the Ocean, 2004
August Wilson (Playwright)
6 December, 2004 – 6 February, 2005
The penultimate entry in August Wilson's 10-play cycle on African-American life in Pittsburgh is set in 1904. Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old former enslaved woman, takes wandering fugitive Citizen Barlow into her home and guides him on a mystical journey toward healing his guilt over the crime he has committed. (Source: Playbill)