Tony Kushner's epic follow-up to “Angels in America” - which no one in Canada seemed willing to produce. Part One consists of an extraordinary one hour monologue by the (British) Homebody - seated at her kitchen table in London; which is the last we see of her. Part Two unfolds in Afghanistan where the Homebody’s husband and daughter search for the now missing woman, and find confusion and misery, and mystery. It’s a beautifully crafted piece of work, humane, and conscientiously thought provoking, but perhaps in this instance Mr Kushner’s singular virtuosity has more literary than dramatic power. Ultimately though the work is moving in a somewhat Chekhovian manner. Or put another way, if Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene collaborated on a play…

Canadian Premiere – Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs

“A uniformly strong cast deliver pathos, tension, and humor throughout.”

Toronto Star

“This is an important play from one of the theatre's most provocative playwrights - it should be seen. The Homebody is played by Fiona Reid – who is a standout. Lesley Faulkner and Sanjay Talwar have passion and nuance.”

CBC Radio One

“No theatre lover will want to miss the performances of Reid and Deena Aziz.”

Eye Magazine

“Mercury has staged two coups in this production: one, the fact that theirs is the Canadian premiere; two, that they got Fiona Reid to play the Homebody.”

Torontoist

PRODUCTION CREDITS

JM – producer; co-director

Sanjay Talwar, assoc director

Lighting - Stephen Plotkin

Set Design - Andrea Mittler

Set Painting - Ed Fielding

Costumes - Setareh Delzendeh

Sound Design - Martin Deller

Stage Manager - Sarah O’Brien

Production Manager - Lars Tillander

Photography - Virginia MacDonald

Graphics - David Wilson Design

Website - Drew Sellers

Assoc Producers - Astrid Van Wieren, Evan Tsitsias

Sponsor: Culturate Inc - Yanick Landry, Michael Thompson

CAST

Fiona Reid, Deena Aziz, Sanjay Talwar, Lesley Faulkner, Kris Holden-Ried, Michael Spencer-Davis, Elie Gemael, Gregory Myers, Anousha Alamian, Wajma Soroor.