Two Brothers Play The Same August Wilson Role At The Same Time On Opposite Coasts

“The work of August Wilson has for years sustained Brandon and Jason Dirden, actor brothers who have found themselves turning again and again to his plays for meaning and inspiration. Now, for the first time, the two are playing the same role, at the same time, on opposite coasts: Levee, the angrily ambitious trumpeter in one of Wilson’s best-known plays, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. … The two spoke in a joint telephone interview about their relationship with Wilson and with each other.”