We will meet on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at Biddle's Escape (7:00-9:00 pm) to discuss August Wilson's 1985 play, Fences.
From Wikipedia:
Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. The play was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985.
I am sure I read this in high school, but it didn't stick in my mind since I didn't live in Pittsburgh at that time. Now that I do life here, it's time for me to read it. I also have purposely not watched the Denzel Washington/Viola Davis movie that came out not that long ago because I wanted to (re)read the play first.
Yes, it'll be a fast read as plays generally are. I hope you'll join me.
If you cannot make the meeting on the 27th, be sure to share your thoughts here so we can include them when we meet!
From Wikipedia:
I am sure I read this in high school, but it didn't stick in my mind since I didn't live in Pittsburgh at that time. Now that I do life here, it's time for me to read it. I also have purposely not watched the Denzel Washington/Viola Davis movie that came out not that long ago because I wanted to (re)read the play first.
Yes, it'll be a fast read as plays generally are. I hope you'll join me.
If you cannot make the meeting on the 27th, be sure to share your thoughts here so we can include them when we meet!