Theatre program for Fences: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Theatre program for Fences. Off-white background with shadowed font and title at center; graphic in top left corner of two small figures in an outline of a house, one of the fugures is kneeling. [Elmwood/Playhouse/FENCES/2001-2002/OUR 55TH SEASON]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2001
• Created by: Elmwood Playhouse, American, founded 1948
• Subject of: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005
• Subject of: Neil Harris
• Subject of: William White
• Subject of: Marilyn Anderson
• Subject of: Steve Allen
• Subject of: Joe Albert Lima
• Subject of: Quester Hannah
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
• Place used: Nyack, Rockland County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2011.45.28
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © August Wilson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.