World of the Play: August Wilson’s Fences and the Roles of Women in Relationships and Society

November 13, 2015 – Segment 3

Our show concludes with the newest installment own our series with the Everyman Theatre, World of the Play. This episode is called Room for Her and our panel discusses August Wilson’s paramount play, Fences, and the roles of Women in society. Our guests are: Samara Stone, Licensed Certified Social Worker and founder of The Stone Foundation; Shirley Basfield Dunlap, head of the Theater department at Morgan State University who has directed several August Wilson plays; and Sakina Ansiri Wilson, health advocate and daughter of playwright August Wilson.

Written by Marc Steiner

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