AUGUST WILSON'S FENCES

SEPTEMBER 17, 18, 19 

Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm

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Drama | Due to adult language and themes,

Fences is recommended for ages sixteen and up.

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Starring: Alfred Lance, Ashley Baker, Evan Carrington, Sedric Willis, Darryl Spence, Charles Lewis, and Pelina Nyakundi  

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Directed by Alliyah Thorpe

Stage Managed by Anthony McIver

Dramaturgical work by John Gillespie

 

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From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic masterpiece that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Troy Maxson’s yard is his refuge. A sanctuary where, at long last, the grass is finally green. But it can always be greener, right? Troy’s story is both unique and universal — a portrait of the unsteady bridge between fathers and sons, and the wives and mothers who stand cheering for both sides while hanging their own dreams out to dry. A story strong enough to bear the weight of injustice and yearning and love, at its best and its most destructive. And it’s bigger — it’s more — than all of that. Fences is a modern classic, a play that deals with the impossibly difficult themes of race in America, set during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. A lyrical, heartbreaking love song sung in August Wilson’s unparalleled poetry, about people whose hearts beat vast and deep. 

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Special Event:  Join us for a special talk-back immediately after our performance on September 17th. featuring the cast and crew of Fences and led by dramaturge and Cecil County resident, John Gillespie.

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August Wilson's Fences Is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

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