Legacy playwright Athol Fugard has made a home at Signature since being the inaugural Residency 1 playwright at the Center, and his South African-set stories, with themes of complex identities, racial tension, and social protest, remain as relevant as ever. In this new production of the “prophetic and brilliant” (The New York Times) Boesman and Lena, the human need for kindness, hope and compassion is on display in the struggles of abusive Boesman and his long-suffering wife Lena, who encounter a stranger while wandering the South African wastelands.

Signature Theatre offers audio described performances for audience members with vision disabilities. At these performances listening devices are issued to individuals which transmit a trained describer’s description of what is happening on stage during pauses in dialogue. Andrea Miskow will describe this performance on Saturday March 2nd at 2:00PM. This performance runs 2 hours, intermission is TBA. Audiences using audio description are requested to arrive by 1:30PM or earlier for an optimal experience. Pre-show set and character descriptions begin at 1:45pm.