![]() ![]() Troy’s best friend and fellow sanitation worker. Troy’s son from a previous marriage, constantly asks Troy for money. Troy’s younger brother, suffered a brain injury in World War II. Rose and Troy’s son, hopes to go to college with a football scholarship. Troy’s wife, a homemaker and the linchpin that holds the Maxson family together. This production is Helen Hayes Awards Recommended©.Īn aging sanitation worker searching for the American Dream, which has been elusive as a result of racism and segregation. The production will be directed by Timothy Douglas, one of the foremost interpreters of Wilson’s work. Part of August Wilson’s 10-play Century Cycle, Fences explores the walls we build around ourselves and our loved ones, while also illuminating one family’s struggles in a racist society.Ĭraig Wallace ( A Christmas Carol, Death of a Salesman) and Erika Rose (Mosaic Theater Company’s Queens Girl in Africa, Woolly Mammoth’s An Octoroon) play the roles of Troy and Rose Maxson. But even as he takes responsibility for their safety and well-being, he betrays them each in ways that will forever alter their lives. A towering figure facing thwarted aspirations, Troy attempts to assert control in his life through his relationships with his wife and son. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker. Contains adult themes, subjects and swearing ![]()
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