Theatrical Outfit Presents My Children! My Africa!
Oct 9, 2014

Theatrical Outfit continues its "Season of Compassion" with the poignant and meaningful drama My Children! My Africa!, written by South-African-born playwright Athol Fugard who won a Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2011. This is the 38th season for Theatrical Outfit, the second-oldest professional theater company in Atlanta, and the home of stories that stir the soul.

THE STORY: A three-character thriller in which a humane black teacher in segregated South Africa tries to convince a favorite student that education, not violence, is the answer to the nation's problems. Staged in conjunction with Georgia Tech's Africa-Atlanta Project; the initiative fosters art, business and educational collaborations between Georgia's capital city and the African continent.

WHY THIS PLAY, WHY NOW? "Considering the meaning of the word "Apartheid," the state of being apart or literally apart-hood, I believe Fugard's My Children! My Africa!, set in 1984 South Africa, accomplishes a necessary transformative drama for our times. Now in 2014, when the most gruesome or inexplicable horrors of human behavior are immediately accessible for our viewing and permanently fixed into our memory, this story makes plausible to our living moral imagination the kind of person and the kind of compassionate action that can turn the suffering of human apartheid into the glories of global community." - Tom Key, Artistic Director

RUN DATES:

- Previews at 7:30 p.m. October 9 and October 10

- Opening night performance is at 7:30 p.m. October 11

- Rest of run is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2:30 Saturday (not opening week) and Sunday

- Added shows Wednesday, October 15 & 22 at 7:30 pm

DID YOU KNOW? Theatrical Outfit is committed to using the best Atlanta talent onstage and behind the scenes. You'll rarely see a New York or Los Angeles-based actor on our stage.

ABOUT THE CAST:

ROB CLEVELAND (Mr. M.) Rob Cleveland has performed on the stages of Theatrical Outfit, the Alliance, Theater in the Square and many others. He is an associate artist with Georgia Shakespeare, a storyteller in residence at Fernbank and an award-winning children's book author. He is married to Atlanta actor Mary Lynn Owen and father of twin high school seniors, Andrew and Eloisa.

MARIA RODRIGUEZ-SAGER (Isabel) is thrilled to be on T.O.'s stage once again where she debuted in Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate. Theatre credits: NYC: That Other Woman's Child (Song of Solomon) at the 37 Arts Theatre; Atlanta: Synchronicity Theatre Co., Theatre in the Square, Horizon Theatre Co. and Aurora Theatre.

DANE TROY (Thami) is elated to make his debut at Theatrical Outfit in such a poignant play as My Children My Africa! Dane is a graduate of Aurora Theatre's Apprentice Company ('14) & UGA ('13). His stage credits include; Right On (Horizon), Tamer of Horses (Aurora), & The 1Min. Play Festival (Actor's Express).

TICKETS: $20-$50. RUN TIME: About 90 minutes.