Tanya Mosley

As the siblings battle it out, they are haunted by the ghosts of their past. Danielle Deadweiler grew up performing, but didn't start her professional career as an actor. She has three master's degrees and spent time teaching elementary school before returning to the stage.

As the siblings battle it out, they are haunted by the ghosts of their past. Danielle Deadweiler grew up performing, but didn't start her professional career as an actor. She has three master's degrees and spent time teaching elementary school before returning to the stage.

Her first big break was as Lady in Yellow in the play for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enough. Danielle Deadweiler, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you so much. I'm happy to be here. I am very curious. You know, almost every Black actor in theater that I've spoken to talks about this moment.

Her first big break was as Lady in Yellow in the play for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enough. Danielle Deadweiler, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you so much. I'm happy to be here. I am very curious. You know, almost every Black actor in theater that I've spoken to talks about this moment.

Her first big break was as Lady in Yellow in the play for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enough. Danielle Deadweiler, welcome to Fresh Air. Thank you so much. I'm happy to be here. I am very curious. You know, almost every Black actor in theater that I've spoken to talks about this moment.

There is a moment where they first experience Wilson's work, August Wilson, and they talk about it in a romantic way, in a way that almost was like an awakening. Do you remember when you first encountered his plays?

There is a moment where they first experience Wilson's work, August Wilson, and they talk about it in a romantic way, in a way that almost was like an awakening. Do you remember when you first encountered his plays?

There is a moment where they first experience Wilson's work, August Wilson, and they talk about it in a romantic way, in a way that almost was like an awakening. Do you remember when you first encountered his plays?

Because you were in the theater scene in Atlanta.

Because you were in the theater scene in Atlanta.

Because you were in the theater scene in Atlanta.

Let's talk a little bit about the piano lesson because the story goes like this. There's boy Willie who has this idea that selling the family piano and buying land in Mississippi with that money is going to maybe unlock power and prosperity. And your character, Bernice, wants to preserve this hard-won freedom by keeping the family piano.

Let's talk a little bit about the piano lesson because the story goes like this. There's boy Willie who has this idea that selling the family piano and buying land in Mississippi with that money is going to maybe unlock power and prosperity. And your character, Bernice, wants to preserve this hard-won freedom by keeping the family piano.

Let's talk a little bit about the piano lesson because the story goes like this. There's boy Willie who has this idea that selling the family piano and buying land in Mississippi with that money is going to maybe unlock power and prosperity. And your character, Bernice, wants to preserve this hard-won freedom by keeping the family piano.

But there's this undercurrent, and the undercurrent is the fact that they're living during Jim Crow. Can you talk about the symbolism of the piano as an heirloom to articulate this larger story of this time period, a Black family in 1930s Pittsburgh.

But there's this undercurrent, and the undercurrent is the fact that they're living during Jim Crow. Can you talk about the symbolism of the piano as an heirloom to articulate this larger story of this time period, a Black family in 1930s Pittsburgh.

But there's this undercurrent, and the undercurrent is the fact that they're living during Jim Crow. Can you talk about the symbolism of the piano as an heirloom to articulate this larger story of this time period, a Black family in 1930s Pittsburgh.

And when you say erotic, you don't mean like sexual erotic.

And when you say erotic, you don't mean like sexual erotic.

And when you say erotic, you don't mean like sexual erotic.