Fugard's

The three actors prove themselves capable of a great deal, even if this production doesn't make the most of Fugard's play.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Road To Mecca" Proves Bigger Is Not Always Better Michael Giltz 2012

It's so difficult not to lose your shirt when producing theater that one feels churlish wishing a revival of Athol Fugard's drama The Road To Mecca were in a tinier, Off Broadway house.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Road To Mecca" Proves Bigger Is Not Always Better Michael Giltz 2012

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

The three actors prove themselves capable of a great deal, even if this production doesn't make the most of Fugard's play.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Road To Mecca" Proves Bigger Is Not Always Better Michael Giltz 2012

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

In complimentary contrast, Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep last season put the global threat of AIDS in the small shack and humble hands of a young mother, her brilliant son, and her quirky suitor.

Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic Lauren Gunderson 2010

First, the great South African actor John Kani, major exponent of Athol Fugard's plays and for decades a victim of apartheid, is cast as General Cominius.

Coriolanus – review 2012