August Wilson's Fences at Octagon Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Troy Maxson was a gifted Negro League baseball player with dreams of joining the majors, but now he barely makes ends meet as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. While he builds a fence around his home to keep his family together, his anguish over his own shattered dreams threatens to tear them apart. The cast includes E. Roger Mitchell as Troy Maxson, January LaVoy as Rose Maxson, Thomas Boyce as Cory Maxson, Amari Cheatom as Lyons Maxson, Enoch King as Gabriel Maxson, and Geoffrey Williams as Jim Bono. The production is directed by Addae Moon and features alternating performances by Zoe Cornwall and Chrisette Trone as Raynell Maxson.