The Coffin Maker
Presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
WORLD PREMIERE • THIS INSTANT CLASSIC IS TO DIE FOR
Pittsburgh Public Theater brings THE COFFIN MAKER straight to your living room with the launch of Public On Demand, our new effort to make sure you get to experience Public productions again and again — OR, for the first time from the comfort of your couch!
Your virtual ticket also includes bonus behind-the-scenes content from artists and educators that bring you closer to the story than ever before. THE COFFIN MAKER is available on Public On Demand for a 3-day rental period at any point now through July 14, while supplies last.
About the Show
In this new installment of his century-spanning chronicle of the Black experience inspired by his mentor August Wilson, Pittsburgh theater legend Mark Clayton Southers turns back the clock to 1849 Oklahoma. There, free man Lawrence Ebitt and his wife Eula live peacefully preparing bodies for burial with care and respect, until their world is turned upside down by a bounty hunter who gets more than he bargained for and a fugitive determined to forge his own future. This Western-Comedy-Revenge play is a genre-defying world premiere spiked with heart-stopping revelations.
THE COFFIN MAKER is rated MA (Mature Audiences). Parental guidance strongly suggested for viewers 17 and under.
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THE COFFIN MAKER | Pittsburgh Public Theater
1h 53m
Presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
In this new installment of his century-spanning chronicle of the Black experience inspired by his mentor August Wilson, Pittsburgh theater legend Mark Clayton Southers turns back the clock to 1849 Oklahoma. There, free man Lawrence Ebitt and his wife E... -
6m 8s — 1 text track
Meet the Artist: Mark Clayton Southers | Playwright
6m 8s — 1 text track
This Pittsburgh theater legend, inspired by his mentor August Wilson, is in the midst of producing a cycle of his own about Black experiences in America - The Coffin Maker is his seventh installment.
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4m 32s — 1 text track
Meet the Artist: Bill Toles | Sound Designer
4m 32s — 1 text track
Get a look into the mind of sound designer Bill Toles, who crafted the sonic landscape in The Coffin Maker at Pittsburgh Public Theater. Available on demand until July 14.
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Inside THE COFFIN MAKER: An educational talk with historian Dr. Alaina Roberts
17m
Learn the real history behind Pittsburgh Public Theater's THE COFFIN MAKER with historian and writer Dr. Alaina Roberts from the University of Pittsburgh, whose book "I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land," explores the real-life history that brought many Black people to pres...
