August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone
June 20, 2026
The Ensemble Theatre
3535 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
Directed by Steve Scott
Join us for a staged reading of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, presented as part of an Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911, the play follows Herald Loomis, a man searching for his wife and rebuilding his life after years of forced labor under Joe Turner. As Loomis encounters a vivid community of travelers, workers, dreamers, and seekers, Wilson paints a powerful portrait of Black life after Emancipation, filled with humor, music, memory, and spiritual longing. Directed by Steve Scott, this special reading brings one of Wilson’s most moving works to life in collaboration with The Ensemble Theatre, Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum, and the City of Houston.
This reading is supported by an Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Elia Adams
Chase G. Alexander
Alric Davis
Foster Davis
Michelle Elaine
Timothy Eric
Shawn Hamilton
Crystal Rae
David Rainey
Raven Justine Troup
Krystal Uchem
Bria Washington
Yunina Barbour-Payne
Curmira A. Bill
Steve Scott
August Wilson
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
Originally Produced on Broadway By Elliot Martin, Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro; produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Director); associate producer, Jeffrey Steiner, Kery Davis and Charles Grantham.
World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre; Second Production at Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director); Originally presented as a staged reading at the 1984 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.
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