Civic Off-Main Closes the Curatin on THE ROAD TO MECCA 4/18
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 18, 2010
Fort Wayne's Civic Off-Main will close its production of The Road To Mecca at the Allen County Public Library Auditorium from April 18.
A Powerful Story of Independence and Imagination by Athol Fugard
This fascinating drama by a premiere, contemporary dramatist focuses on Miss Helen, an aging Boer woman who lives alone in the South African boondocks where she creates odd concrete sculptures which she calls her Mecca. A young woman who was once helped by Miss Helen has traveled hundreds of miles to help her in a time of crisis as Miss Helen is in danger of being sent to an old-folks' home by a narrow-minded minister who considers her sculptures a public nuisance. A penetrating study of the role of the artist in any society, this important play was produced in London and New York to great critical acclaim. Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Play. "Glows with a rare luminosity and intensity. One of Fugard's simplest, most beautiful plays." - NY Daily News.
Director: Phillip H. Colglazier (PG13)
"The author's most personal play to date, an essential rosetta stone for the entire canon." - NY Times.
"Glows with a rare luminosity and intensity. One of Fugard's simplest, most beautiful plays." - NY Daily News.
CAST:
HELEN...............................................JOAN GOLDNER
ELSA................................................GLORIA MINNICH
Marquis............................................Larry Bower
South Bend Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
WAITRESS (South Bend Civic Theatre)
21.7% of votes
2.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts)
11.8% of votes
3.
GREASE (Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts)
11.6% of votes
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