Name: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: March Short Story Sunday
Start: 2026-03-01T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-01T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Black Citizens Brigade

$Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone: March Short Story Sunday$

Black Citizens Brigade Reading Meet-Up.
About this Event

Sunday, March 15, at 5:00 p.m., Black Citizens Brigade will host a Short Story Sunday discussion of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, at Syracuse Stage for a collective reading and conversation about the play. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson, the play examines Black life in the early 20th century through questions of identity, freedom, and spiritual reclamation in the aftermath of the Great Migration.

This discussion is presented in partnership with Syracuse Stage, in advance of a special preview performance of the production on Sunday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. The collaboration reflects a shared commitment to expanding public access to literature and the performing arts, encouraging audiences to engage with August Wilson’s work both on the page and on the stage.

PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://square.link/u/yWvu0BMo
Purchase Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ($12 + NYS tax) from the Black Citizens Brigade to secure your ticket to the preview performance at Syracuse Stage.

The play can be purchased during regular shop hours or online. To register for the reading group and purchase your copy, click the direct link provided. Quantities are limited.

August Wilson (1945–2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and one of the most significant voices in American theater. Best known for The Pittsburgh Cycle (also called the Century Cycle), Wilson authored ten plays chronicling Black life in the United States across each decade of the 20th century. His work centers Black history, oral tradition, spirituality, and everyday struggle, giving voice to lives too often excluded from the American stage. Wilson’s legacy endures as a foundational force in American drama and Black cultural memory.