My Children My Africa in USA

[Iain Fisher]

THE 222 in Healdsburg, California present Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa on 13- 15, 20-22 Feb 2026.



The director is Robert Parsons and the cast are Ansley Valentine (Mr. M),  Isaac Addai (Thami Mbikwana), Emma Lenza (Isabel Dyson).

"My Children! My Africa! is Fugard’s masterpiece about South Africa circa 1985. In the last gasp of Apartheid, violent protest and resistance on all sides is at its height. A gentle Black high school teacher in a rural township invites a White high school girl from the town nearby to form a radical, cross-racial competitive debate team with his best pupil. The racial, economic, and identity conversation that blossoms among the three is cut off as the revolutionary wave sweeps them all away. Your heart will ache at the beauty of the language and the storytelling from South Africa’s master-writer, Fugard".

For the theatre website click here
https://the222.org/
For more on the play click here.
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-plays-africa.html

[Iain Fisher]

The Eastbound Theatre in Milford, Connecticut present My Children, My Africa from 31 January- 15 February 2025.

The Director is Noelle Fair.  The cast are Herman Livingston (Mr. M), Matt Simmons (Thami Mbikwana) and Sabrina Lingenfelter (Isabel Dyson).

"Generational conflict over the most effective means for ending apartheid in South Africa lead to an explosive confrontation between a gifted but impatient black township youth and his devoted but “old fashioned” black teacher … The unexpected involvement of a young white woman who befriends and learns from both men strips away the political trappings to reveal the human trauma at the heart of South Africa’s … tragedy".

For the theatre website click here
https://milfordarts.org/event/my-childred-my-africa/2025-01-31/
For more on the play click here
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-plays-africa.html