Page to Stage – How I Learned What I Learned

Join us for a Book Club-style Page to Stage with the Portland Stage. Check out your copy of the script and join us two weeks before previews of each Mainstage Production. Scripts are available at the reference desk at the Downtown Library. This year discussions will be held in person and we invite you to chat about the plays with Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus, his Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentices, and special guests.

About the Play

From the late August Wilson, one of America’s greatest playwrights, comes this autobiographical tour de force. In his one-man show, Wilson takes us on a journey through a heartfelt theatrical memoir—charting one man’s journey of self-discovery through adversity, and what it means to be a Black artist in America.

Artistic Perspective Discussion with Portland Stage Artistic Director, Anita Stewart. At the Mainstage Theater at Portland Stage, March 5th, 2023 at 4pm. (free)

Curtain Call Discussion with Portland Stage Literary Manager, Todd Brian Backus. At the Mainstage Theater at Portland Stage, March 12th, 2023 at 4pm. (free)

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Join us for a book club-style Page to Stage with Portland Stage. Check out your copy of the script and join us two weeks before previews of each mainstage production. Scripts are available at the reference desk at the Downtown Library. Discussions will be held in person and we invite you to chat about the plays with Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus, his Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentices, and special guests.

Check out the current play schedule and more information on Portland Stage.