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Lexington hosts powerful weekend celebrating American playwright August Wilson

By Tom Musgrave
Published September 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
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Jeremy Gillett, an assistant professor in the UK Department of Theatre and Dance, will present the solo production of August Wilson’s “How I Learned What I Learned” Sept. 13 at the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center.
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Jeremy Gillett, an assistant professor in the UK Department of Theatre and Dance, will present the solo production of August Wilson’s “How I Learned What I Learned” Sept. 13 at the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center.

The University of Kentucky has partnered with local organizations to present a powerful two-day celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson culminating with a presentation of his deeply personal solo piece, “How I Learned What I Learned,” performed by UK Theatre and Dance faculty member Jeremy Gillett. Events take place in downtown Lexington Sept. 12-13. In this week's edition of WUKY's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks all things August Wilson with Gillet.

Read more about August Wilson Weekend courtesy of UK Now:

https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/lexington-hosts-powerful-weekend-celebrating-american-playwright-august-wilson?j=875020&sfmc_sub=251372980&l=20869_HTML&u=36660343&mid=10966798&jb=4&mc_cid=6e096b67fc&mc_eid=67d7d1086c

For more information about all the weekend events visit theaugustwilsonexperience.com.

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Tom Musgrave
Tom Musgrave is a senior public relations writer for the University of Kentucky and editor of the daily campuswide electronic newsletter UKNow. Prior to joining the UK staff, Tom spent nine years as the Kentucky Arts Council’s communications director. In 2018 he created the arts council’s monthly podcast, Kentucky ArtsCast, serving as primary host and executive producer. Tom’s first job in state government was working for Virginia Moore at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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