Fences

August Wilson's plays provide audiences with a thorough and unflinching look at the African American experience in the twentieth century. Get to know this beloved playwright with an introduction to Fences, Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning work set in the 1950s.

The Ford’s Theatre production of August Wilson’s Fences reminds audiences that discrimination and lack of opportunity have profound impacts on personal lives and relationships.

The following speech was delivered by playwright August Wilson on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at New Jersey’s Princeton University. This text represents the complete and definitive version of Wilson’s address, as published by TCG in September 2001.