August Wilson's Fences at Circle Theatre

In August Wilson's modern classic, Troy Maxson, a former star baseball player, is excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime. Troy's bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his son,who now wants his own chance to become a football star, and his wife, who reevaluates their marriage when Troy comes home with a baby he fathered with another woman.Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle" a collection of ten plays that span across decades to document African American experiences in the 20th-Century.This sensational drama was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and numerous New York Drama Critics and Tony awardsit is not to be missed.Adult Language and Subject Matter