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Books like Two Trains Running

Across Storytelling, Theater, Drama, and African American & Black — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Two Trains Running by August Wilson.

Top related books to Two Trains Running

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

August Wilson

Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

J. B. A Play in Verse

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Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Drama

Incident at Vichy A Play

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Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Drama

Not Another One! A Play For Peace

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists

Themes: Storytelling • Drama • African American & Black

Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window A Drama in Two Acts

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

Mahalia A Gospel Musical

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

The Struggle Continues: Robbie Mccauley Scripts, Essays, and Reflections

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

Freedom High

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

A Raisin in the Sun

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

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Appropriate An Octoroon

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#11

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#12

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Jocelyn Bioh

Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#13

African-American Performance and Theater History A Critical Reader

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#14

Fairview

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#15

Single Black Female

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Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#16

Harriet Jacobs

Lydia R. Diamond

Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#17

Native Son

Nambi E. Kelley

Themes: Theater • Drama • African American & Black

#18

The Kwagh-hir Theater A Weapon for Social Action

Iyorwuese Hagher

Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Drama

#19

Writing the Romantic Comedy The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

Billy Mernit

Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Drama

#20

Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance

Hongwei Bao

Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Drama

#21

Let Me Down Easy

Anna Deavere Smith

Themes: Storytelling • Drama • Performing Arts

#22

Performance and Activism

Afary, Kamran

Themes: Storytelling • Theater • Performing Arts

#23

A Bright New Boise

Samuel D. Hunter

Themes: Theater • Drama • Performing Arts

#24

Out For Blood A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical

Chris Adams

Themes: Theater • Drama • Performing Arts

Fans of Two Trains Running by August Wilson will find 24 titles here, all united by Storytelling, Theater, Drama. Authors represented include August Wilson, Archibald MacLeish, Arthur Miller, Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists, and others.