In a play set in this state, the soldier Alcock struggles to repair his homespun pants and befriends Spad and Teague. A play set in this state depicts a reading of a symbolist drama set after the destruction of the earth about Nina, a single molecule. A lesbian woman and her adopted sister who live in this state visit their sister in the Anton Chekhov-inspired play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Youngblood buys a house for Rena in a play set in this state that centers on (*) taxi drivers who work for Jim Becker. A war veteran in this state fails to blow a trumpet at the end of a play in which Rose raises Raynell. In this state, a garbage collector prevents his son Cory from pursuing his football dreams. For 10 points, name this state, the setting of Jitney and Fences from August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle. ■END■
ANSWER: Pennsylvania (the first play is Sherwood Anderson's Valley Forge)
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