Fences

The Actors Studio presents, for the first time in over a decade in Los Angeles, a workshop presentation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences, written by August Wilson, and directed by the award-winning Jeffrey Hayden. The production stars Charlie Robinson (Night Court), Elayn J. Taylor, and Tjader France.

Set in Pittsburgh in the late 1950s, Fences is the story of gruff sanitation worker and former Negro League baseball player, Troy Maxson. In this compelling drama, Troy must deal with his headstrong football-player son, who has a chance to go so much further than he did; and with his wife, who re-evaluates their marriage when Troy comes home with the baby he fathered with another woman. This story of a man’s struggle to hold pride and family together in the face of unfulfilled dreams.