Tag Archives: Lester Purry

Dramaworks’ Fences Rages Against The Dying Of The Light

In Palm Beach Dramaworks’ triumphant production of August Wilson’s Fences, this Troy Maxson rages. Whether this physical kinetic Troy is delivering a defiant challenge to death, railing at the racial prejudice that has undercut his dreams, or privately excoriating his own guilt for making destructive choices — this Troy unleashes a lifetime of festering wrath in a basement barrel baritone.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Actor Returns To Fences To Explore New Vulnerability

Last July, Lester Purry had just finished playing the volcanic Troy Maxson in August Wilson’s most popular play Fences at Portland Playhouse in Oregon. “I told my wife, I’m never doing this play again,” he recalled last week. Then the phone rang.

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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