In A Lesson Before Dying, set in Louisiana in 1948, a young African-American man is sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. As he awaits execution, another African-American man, a local schoolteacher, helps him face his impending execution with dignity. This poignant, thoughtful play finds both men grappling with what it means to be a man, a human being and a member of society. This Prime Stage Theatre production, playing at Pittsburgh's New Hazlett Theater Center for Performing Arts, was adapted from the acclaimed Pulitzer-nominated novel by Ernest J. Gaines (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman).