Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was published in the early 1980s and premiered at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Rainey, whose life as a well-known blues-singer of the 1920s is an inspiration for the play, is also the titular character.
The play's title comes from Ma Rainey's song of the same name, which refers to the Black Bottom dance.
The play is set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago, and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of Black recording artists by white producers. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson, and the only one not set in Pittsburgh – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. Ma Rainey's Black BottomĪ blues group waits to get to work in the studio, and tempers flare. For the 2020 film adaptation, see Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film).
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