Question

A play by an author with this surname ends with a bidding war for the house of the double amputee veteran Ken Talley. This is the surname of the author of the play Fifth of July. The first scene of a play by an author with this surname ends after the children Reuben and Zonia leave to look at some pigeons in a nearby coop. A play by an author with this surname follows Herald Loomis, a man trying to find his wife. In a play by an author with this surname, a man often changes details to the story of him wrestling with Death (10[1])for “three days and three nights” according to his wife Rose. A play by an author with this surname ends with Gabriel opening the (10[1])“gates of Heaven” with his trumpet (10[1])during Troy Maxson’s funeral. For 10 points, give this surname of the author of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Fences. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Wilson [accept August Wilson or Frederick August Kittel Jr.; accept Lanford Wilson]
<American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will OrrYale BHarvard B10410
Christopher DechBrandeis ABrown A12810
Joy AnHarvard ATufts B13410
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis BDartmouth B15610
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis BDartmouth B15610

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%131.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%138.83
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%140.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y888%0%0%118.57
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%106.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%135.60