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Chapter 24 - Designing August

A Conversation with Constanza Romero and David Gallo

from Part III - Productions and Collaborations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2025

Khalid Y. Long
Affiliation:
Howard University, Washington DC
Isaiah Matthew Wooden
Affiliation:
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
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Set and costume designs are a large part of worldbuilding for the plays that actors inhabit. These elements enhance and contextualize the historical, geographic, and temporal environments for the performance. August Wilson was incredibly detailed in what he asked for in his plays, not just from the actors but also from the designers. Constanza Romero and David Gallo are but two of the designers who have brought the world of Wilson’s American Century Cycle to full realization. This chapter features a conversation between Romero, Gallo, and Willa J. Taylor about their design processes and practices when working on Wilson’s plays.

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Print publication year: 2025

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Di Benedetto, Stephen, An Introduction to Theatre Design (London: Routledge, 2013).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dirks, Arthur, “Huntington Theatre Company,” New England Theatre Journal 16 (2005): 161.Google Scholar
Morris, Triffin I., Morris, Gregory D. L., and Pollock, Rachel E., A History of the Theatre Costume Business: Creators of Character (London: Routledge, 2021).Google Scholar
Perkins, Kathy, Richards, Sandra, Alexander Craft, Renée, and DeFrantz, Thomas, eds., The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance (London: Routledge, 2018).Google Scholar
Shannon, Sandra G., “Constanza Romero on August Wilson’s Legacy: Past, Present, and Future,” August Wilson Journal 1 (2019), https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.31.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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