
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
United States
Run Dates
Mar 26, 1987 - Jun 26, 1988
Run Time
135 minutes
1987.03.26 ~ 1988.06.26
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Broadway Premiere
1985.04.30 ~ 1985.05.25
Yale Repertory Theatre
World Premiere
Fences was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference. It premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985, under the direction of Lloyd Richards (who was then Artistic Director of the Yale Rep), with a cast of James Earl Jones (Troy Maxson), Mary Alice (Rose), Ray Aranha (Jim Bono), Russell Costen (Gabriel), and Courtney B. Vance (Cory).