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    Humanities Forum for "Fences" - A Conversation with Author Larry Tye

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    Presented by Huntington Theatre Company at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage

    September 20, 2009

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    Huntington Theatre Company Literary Associate Charles Haugland leads a discussion with former Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of Satchel Paige, about one of the Negro Baseball League’s most famous pitchers. Humanities Forums are post-show discussions with a leading local scholar that explore the historical and/or literary context of the play. Free with a ticket to any performance of Fences.

    When his rise through the Negro baseball leagues hit the ceiling of racial prejudice, Troy Maxson turned against a world of unfulfilled promises and denied opportunities. But in 1957, his son Cory, an emerging football star, sees his world through very different eyes, and his wife Rose yearns for an outlet for her love. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Fences is the sixth chapter in August Wilson's groundbreaking ten-play cycle of the African-American experience in the 20th century and the ninth of his plays to be staged by the Huntington, one of Wilson's longstanding artistic homes. Directed by Kenny Leon

    "A blockbuster and a major American play." — New York Daily News


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        Boston University Theatre, Mainstage

        264 Huntington Avenue
        Boston, MA 02115

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        Tickets: FREE with a ticket to any performance of Fences
        $20-$82.50
        $25 "35 Below" tickets for patrons 35 years and younger (valid I.D. required).
        $5 senior and military discounts.
        $10 Subscriber and B.U. Community discounts.
        $20 back row of the balcony (limited availability).
        $15 student rush seats (available two hours before curtain time for each performance).

        Info Phone: 617 266-0800

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        Dates:
        September 20, 2009

        Times:
        Following the 2pm performance

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