Playwright August Wilson’s Fences tells the story of Troy Maxson, an illiterate garbage collector whose chance at stardom in the Negro baseball leagues hits the ceiling of racial prejudice. The play explores justice, fair treatment and social change affecting four generations of African-Americans during the 1950s and earned the playwright his first Pulitzer Prize. It will be performed by the Justice Theatre Project Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Saint Marys School Pittman Auditorium, 900 Hillsborough St., Raleigh.
