a play arrives in town unheralded
and, against all expectations,
proves itself to be such a gem
that it holds you in its thrall from
beginning to end. Visiting Mr.
Green is just such a work and
one which will shine in the memory
for years to come."
-The Johannesburg Star
along with a script which imprints
itself on the mind of the audience
and lingers long after the final
curtain call. Such is playwright
Jeff Baron's Visiting Mr. Green.
Laid bare with poignancy and
passion is the searing pain
inflicted by religious custom and
the societal imposition of
so-called accepted norms and its
rejection of anything outside of
this framework.
Happily, the generosity of the
human spirit finally prevails in a
heartwarming and deeply
satisfying climax."
-The Methodist Dimension
encounter a play more enjoyable,
more honestly funny and in the
end, more moving than this quite
delightful two-hander by New
Yorker Jeff Baron.
Sensitively directed and acted,
there is not a false note to be
detected anywhere. You will leave
the theatre, as I did, warmed,
exhilarated and reassured that as
long as there are people who can
reach people, life is not really so
bad after all." - The
Johannesburg Citizen
Pretoria and Capetown in 1999 and again in 2001.