BY ATHOL FUGARD
DIRECTED BY GORDON EDELSTEIN

Christmas Eve. A diner in a Southern California strip mall. Henry Parsons (Sam Waterston), a professor and South African transplant comes in for his usual—a turkey sandwich and insulting banter with Adela, the Mexican-American waitress. The two creep towards a fragile understanding until Solly and Rachel, an eastern European Jewish couple, sit down to eat. The couple’s entrance forces Henry to a reckoning with the demons in his heart and, for a moment, unites four lost souls. Athol Fugard returns to Long Wharf Theatre, unrelenting in his search for our common humanity.