August Wilson’s Fences
OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 15, 2026
By August Wilson
Octagon Stage | Recommended for ages 14+
A powerful Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning modern classic from “Theatre’s Poet of Black America”
Troy Maxon 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. Variety hails this acclaimed family drama as “a masterpiece.”
Produced in association with Theatrical Outfit and Dominion Entertainment
Please click on the “SHOW GUIDELINES” button for details on mature content in this production.
This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Babes in arms are not admitted to the theatre.
All children must have a ticketed seat purchased for them to enter the theatre.
Insights
Saturday, October 31, 2026 | 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. | ASF Patrons Room
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Sponsored by Auburn University at Montgomery
Community Talkback
Octagon Stage
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026
Following 2:00 p.m. matinee
Join us for a special post-show conversation with the cast and crew of August Wilson’s Fences and learn about the creative process behind this American classic.
AUGUST WILSON’S FENCES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Originally Produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, in association with Yale Repertory Theatre
World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Director); Second Production at The Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Managing Director)
Initially given a staged reading at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference