Area groups to tackle August Wilson's cycle of 10 dramas about black experience

The 10 plays that make up August Wilson's "Century Cycle," including the decade in which each drama is set and the year it premiered: Collaborators on the August Wilson Festival, from left: Peter Yockel, Demetries Neely, Leo Beatty, David Stark, Patricia Wallace Winbush, Mark Clayton Southers, Truman Winbush, Scott Porter and Tony Roseboro From 1979 until his death at age 60 in 2005, the Pittsburgh native completed 10 linked plays - known as the "Century Cycle" - exploring the mythic, tragic and