Arts & Entertainment
Time Running Out To See 'Fences' at People's Light
The show runs through Oct. 5 on the Leonard C. Haas Stage.
“Fences” is written by August Wilson, and directed by Kamilah Forbes
One of the most beloved plays of the 20th century, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama revolves around a man of mythic proportions forced to wrestle with the reality of his life. A sanitation worker and onetime Negro League baseball player, Troy Maxson is the heart and heartbreak of this iconic story of dreams denied, fathers and sons, and America’s legacy of racism. August Wilson is “a major writer, combining a poet’s ear for vernacular with a robust sense of humor (political and sexual), a sure instinct for crackling dramatic incident and a passionate commitment to a great subject.” (The New York Times) and Fences is not to be missed. The cast will feature People’s Light Company Member Melanye Finister.
