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Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse

FENCES  will run through Sunday, May 18.

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LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE will present one of August Wilson’s greatest triumphs focusing on the decade of the ‘50s, the Pulitzer Prize winning play FENCES, directed by Yvette Freeman-Hartley (Laguna Playhouse acclaimed production of Ain’t Misbehavin’). FENCES  will run through Sunday, May 18 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Dr. in Laguna Beach.

Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson’s best and most well-known plays, we see one man struggle with disappointment and the effect it has on his marriage and relationship with his sons. This powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play is both epic and intimate, and a must-see theatrical event.

The cast of FENCES features (in alphabetical order): Tamarra Graham (Bee-Luther-
Hatchee, Pure Confidence) as “Rose Maxson,” Boise Holmes (Broadway; Wicked, Once On
This Island) as “Jim Bono,” Corey Jones (A Few Good Men at La Mirada Theatre; The
Color Purple at Celebration Theatre ) as “Troy Maxson,” Amari McCoy (“9-1-1,” &
“Frasier”) as “Raynell Maxson,” Matt Orduna (Laguna Playhouse debut) as “Gabriel,”
K.J. Powell (Double V at ICT and Farragut North at Theatre 68) as “Cory Maxson,” and
Sean Samuels (Cabaret at 5-Star Theatricals, “Quantum Leap”) as “Lyons Maxson.”

Photo Credit: Jason Niedle/TETHOS

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
K.J. Powell, Tamarra Graham, Corey Jones, Matt Orduna and Boise Holmes

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Matt Orduna

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Boise Holmes and Corey Jones

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Corey Jones

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Corey Jones and Boise Holmes

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
K.J. Powell and Corey Jones

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Boise Holmes, Corey Jones, Sean Samuels and Tamarra Graham

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
K.J. Powell, Corey Jones, Tamarra Graham and Matt Orduna

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Corey Jones and Tamarra Graham

Photos: First Look at FENCES at Laguna Playhouse Image
Tamarra Graham and Corey Jones



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