Everyman Theatre to Offer Free FENCES Performance, 10/20

Everyman Theatre has announced that they will offer a free performance of August Wilson's Fences on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30PM. This performance will be a part of Free Fall Baltimore, a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotions and the Arts (BOPA). Free Fall Baltimore celebrates its ninth year in 2015 and aims to bring free cultural activities throughout Baltimore.

"We want all of Baltimore to be able to experience August Wilson's dramatic masterpiece live on stage. We don't want price to be an obstacle," said Everyman's Founding Artistic Director Vincent Lancisi. "We traditionally offer a Pay What You Can Performance on the Tuesday before Opening Night for every production, but for Fences we are proud to offer this as a free performance in conjunction with Free Fall Baltimore."

Tickets for the free performance are available through Free Fall Baltimore's website. Visit www.freefallbaltimore.org to make reservations. Tickets are required and are only available through this website.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two-time Tony Award winner, and one of the most groundbreaking plays of the 20th century, August Wilson's Fences is a classic story of father and sons, dreams and disappointments, and challenging the realities of the American Dream. Troy Maxson is a garbage collector and one-time homerun king of the Negro baseball league. Shut out of the big leagues, Troy turned away from a world of unfulfilled dreams and denied opportunities. Now in the changing cultural landscape of the late 1950s, his youngest son, Cory, has become an emerging football star and sees the world through very different eyes. Troy must come to terms with his past or risk tearing his family apart at the seems.

Fences will run from October 21 through November 22. Tickets for Fences are now on sale and range in price from $10 to $60. Tickets may be purchased by calling 410-752-2208 or by visiting www.everymantheatre.org.

Everyman Theatre is supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. An agency of the Department of Business & Economic Development, the MSAC provides financial support and technical assistance to non-profit organizations, units of government, colleges and universities for arts activities.

Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and the generous contributions of BGE, The Abell Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, American Trading & Production Corporation (Atapco), The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation, and the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Charitable Funds.

Everyman Theatre is a member of the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District.