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Break A Leg- Play Book Club
Thu, Jun 18
|Brielle
Read a play - then come to discuss, delving into plot, character, setting, themes, style. Share a line of dialogue or scene that you find pivotal to the drama. Request a copy of the play to read or watch performance on Kanopy (Free Library Video Streaming Service)
Time & Location
Jun 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Brielle, 610 South St, Brielle, NJ 08730, USA
Guests
About the Event
Read the play - then come to discuss, delving into plot, character, setting, themes, style. Share a line of dialogue or scene that you find pivotal to the drama. Group meets once a month from 2pm-3pm. Always check the library website or call the front desk for more information, 732.528.9381.
About the Play:
Fences is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson, set in 1957 Pittsburgh, focusing on Troy Maxson, a Black sanitation worker and former Negro League baseball player, and his family. The play explores themes of race, responsibility, betrayal, and the American Dream through Troy's struggles with his past, his strained relationships with his wife Rose and son Cory, and the societal limitations he faces. It's part of Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle," which chronicles the African-American experience over ten decades.
Key aspects of the play:
Protagonist:
Troy Maxson, a proud but embittered man whose unrealized baseball dreams fuel his…