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Fences at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Dates: (7/26/2022 - 8/7/2022 )

Theatre:

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

DeSales University

2755 Station Valley Ave
Center Valley,PA 18034

Phone: 610-282-WILL

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PSF PresentsAugust Wilsons Fences Main Stage at DeSales UniversityDirected by Ryan QuinnJuly 27 to August 7By August WilsonAugust Wilsons groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning drama depicts the yearnings and struggles of the Maxson family led by their patriarch Troy, a former home run king of the Negro baseball leagues who now supports his family as a garbage collector. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America, Fences is a timeless American story of fathers and sons, husbands and wives, dreams and realities.

Tony Awards and Nominations for Fences

Year Category
2010 Best Revival of a Play Winner

News About Fences at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Presents August Wilson's FENCES
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August Wilson's groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award- winning drama Fences opens at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional theatre on the campus of DeSales University. The show previews July 27 and 28, opens on July 29 and runs through August 7 on the Main Stage at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts.


MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING to Open Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival This Month
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING to Open Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival This Month
July 07, 2022

William Shakespeare's joyous and popular comedy Much Ado About Nothing will open at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional theatre on the campus of DeSales University. The show previews July 13 and 14, opens July 15, and runs through August 7 in the Schubert Theatre at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts.


Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to Present Staged Reading Of Marisela Treviño Orta's THE RIVER BRIDE
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to Present Staged Reading Of Marisela Treviño Orta's THE RIVER BRIDE
June 28, 2022

A staged reading of award-winning playwright Marisela Treviño Orta's Latinx fairytale The River Bride will be presented for a limited engagement July 1 to July 3 at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional theatre on the campus of DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.


One Singular Sensation: A CHORUS LINE Opens At Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
One Singular Sensation: A CHORUS LINE Opens At Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
June 17, 2022

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival opens the iconic Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line. The show previews June 22 & 23, opens June 24 and will run through July 10 at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University.


Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Presents EVERY BRILLIANT THING
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Presents EVERY BRILLIANT THING
June 09, 2022

1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose. 4. Me. In the face of severe depression, a child begins a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. The list soon takes on a life of its own in this captivating play by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe.


Tony Todd Returns to Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to Star in August Wilson's FENCES
Tony Todd Returns to Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to Star in August Wilson's FENCES
March 16, 2022

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival announces veteran stage, film, and television actor Tony Todd will return to play the role of Troy Maxson in August Wilson’s Fences. The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play will open this summer at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.


Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Announces 2022 Season
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival announced today the 2022 summer season. The upcoming season will be the Festival's 31st summer of productions, and the final season led by Producing Artistic Director Patrick Mulcahy.


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