Omaha Community PlayhouseAugust Wilson's FencesHawks Mainstage Theatre
By August Wilson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic.
A former Negro League baseball player struggles to co-exist with the racial trauma he still carries from his time in the league. When his frustrations lead to a series of tragic choices, his relationships with his wife and son suffer the consequences. Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth installment in The American Century Cycle, a series of ten plays by August Wilson that trace the Black experience through 20th century America.
Producing Partner: The Heider Family Foundation
Producing Partner: Mutual of Omaha
Hawks Series Sponsor: Immanuel
Saturday, Jan. 28 - audio described performance
*This production contains racially charged language, including racial slurs.
A former Negro League baseball player struggles to co-exist with the racial trauma he still carries from his time in the league. When his frustrations lead to a series of tragic choices, his relationships with his wife and son suffer the consequences. Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth installment in The American Century Cycle, a series of ten plays by August Wilson that trace the Black experience through 20th century America.
Producing Partner: The Heider Family Foundation
Producing Partner: Mutual of Omaha
Hawks Series Sponsor: Immanuel
Saturday, Jan. 28 - audio described performance
*This production contains racially charged language, including racial slurs.