Coyote on a Fence is a play written by Bruce Graham.

The play stars John Brennan, a death row convict who kicked in the face of a drug dealer named Dwayne Rigby prior to the start of the play. John, an articulate person who writes for the "Death Row Advocate," meets Robert Alvin "Bobby" Reyburn, an uneducated hick carrying a death sentence for burning a church filled with African-American worshippers. The play explores the concept of the death penalty and the meaning of evil.

The play takes place in a prison in the southern United States

Southern United States

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Characters

• John Brennan - A White middle-aged and fairly well-educated prisoner who feels a sense of denial about his crime.
• Robert Alvin "Bobby" Reyburn - A White, developmentally challenged prisoner in his late twenties.
• Shawna DuChamps - The female prison guard who feels guilt over the deaths of the prisoners. Shawna's race may be determined by the individual production.
• Samuel "Sam" Fried - A Jewish White writer for The New York Times
  The New York Times
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  who interviews John.

External links

• Lifofanactor.com page about Coyote on a Fence
• Ruth Neeman set design for Coyote on a Fence
• Production of Coyote on a Fence - The University of Southern Mississippi
  The University of Southern Mississippi
  The University of Southern Mississippi, informally known as Southern Miss, is a large public research university located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. It is situated north of Gulfport, Mississippi and northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana...