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Fences
Fences
By August Wilson
May 2 – July 1
Directed by Lou Bellamy
ABOUT
Husband, father, former athlete, garbage collector – 53-year old Troy struggles to define himself both inside and out of his 1950s Pittsburgh home. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Fences asks “What makes us choose the things we keep at a distance and what we decide to let in?”
This will be the seventh of Wilson’s 10-play “American Century Cycle” that the Playhouse has staged.
Director Lou Bellamy (Obie award for Two Trains Running) is the founding Artistic Director of Penumbra Theatre Company, which has produced more August Wilson productions than any company in the world, including the premiere of Jitney!
PRESS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
- Suzette Smith: The Play About Father/Son Dynamics Is Not to Be Missed
- Ben Waterhouse: Portland Playhouse hits it out of the park with August Wilson's 'Fences'
- BWW Review: Portland Playhouse Combines Award-Winning Director, Stellar Cast for Outstanding FENCES
- Dennis Sparks: Fences—Portland Playhouse—NE Portland
CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
Assistant to the Director: Tina Mascaro
Stage Manager: David Levine*
Assistant Stage Manager: Lilo Alfaro
Scenic Designer: Dan Meeker
Lighting Designer: Dan Meeker
Co-Costume Designers: Sydney Dufka & Alex Meadows
Sound Designer: Brian Peterson
Properties Designer: Evelyn D. Tyler
Master Carpenter: Brent Hall
Master Electrician: Owen Walz
Sound Engineer: Rory Breshears
Master Carpenter: Jen Levear
Appears as courtesy of Actor's Equity
Portland Playhouse Apprentice Company Member
Former Portland Playhouse Apprentice Company Member
Thank you to our Show Sponsors
Jon Betlinski
Karen Fink
Judy & Greg Kafoury
Kinsman Foundation
Steve & Mikki Lipsey
Newman's Own
Oregon Cultural Trust
Thanks to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund.
Portland Playhouse receives support from the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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