Audition for "Fences" Musical Show

Troy Maxon’s wife and mother of his second child, Cory. Housewife who volunteers at her church regularly and loves her family. Rose’s request that Troy and Cory build a fence in their small, dirt backyard comes to represent her desire to keep her loved ones close to her love. Unlike Troy, Rose is a realist, not a romantic longing for the by- gone days. She has high hopes for her son, Cory, and sides with him in his wish to play football.

Troy’s brother. Gabriel was a soldier in the Second World War, during which he received a head injury that required a metal plate to be surgically implanted into his head. Because of the physical damage and his service, Gabriel receives checks from the government that Troy used in part to buy the Maxson’s home. Gabriel wanders around the Maxson family’s neighborhood carrying a basket and singing.

The son of Troy and Rose Maxson. A senior in high school, Cory gets good grades and college recruiters are coming to see him play football. Cory is a respectful son, compassionate nephew to his disabled Uncle Gabriel, and generally, a giving and enthusiastic person. An ambitious young man who has the talent and determination to realize his dreams, Cory comes of age during the course of the play when he challenges and confronts Troy and leaves home.

Troy’s best friend of over thirty years. Bono and Troy met in jail, where Troy learned to play baseball. Troy is a role model to Bono. Bono remembers, first-hand, Troy’s glory days of hitting homeruns in the Negro Leagues. Less controversial than Troy, Bono admires Troy’s leadership and responsibility at work. Bono spends every Friday after work drinking beers and telling stories with Troy in the Maxson family’s backyard.

Troy’s son, fathered before Troy’s time in jail with a woman Troy met he met Rose. Lyons is an ambitious and talented jazz musician. He grew up without Troy for much of his childhood because Troy was in prison. Lyons, like most musicians, has a hard time making a living. Lyons does not live with Troy, Rose and Cory, but comes by the Maxson house frequently on Troy’s payday to ask for money.