The Tony-winning author of Tsotsi and "Master Harold" ... and the Boys, Athol Fugard brings a powerful true story of redemption to the stage for its San Francisco-Bay Area premiere in The Train Driver, what he calls his "most significant work in a 50-year career." Set in Fugard's native South Africa, the drama follows Roelf, a train driver devastated by unwittingly killing a mother who stepped in front of his moving train with a child strapped to her back. Searching for answers and solace, Roelf travels to the township's graveyard and meets an aged gravedigger named Simon, whose job is to bury the "nameless." Through their unlikely friendship, Roelf tries to come to grips with his guilt and shame. Of this poignant journey the Los Angeles Times wrote, "[Fugard] remains a natural-born storyteller."
Presented by Off Broadway West Theatre Company
