"The Road to mecca is a powerful production... Rosemary harris is magnificent...with strong performances from jim dale and carla gugino"
Tony®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award–winner Rosemary Harris (The Royal Family, Roundabout’s All Over) returns to Roundabout alongside the remarkable Carla Gugino (“Entourage,” Roundabout's After the Fall) and Tony winner Jim Dale (Barnum, Roundabout’s The Threepenny Opera) in this celebrated work from preeminent South African playwright and Lifetime Achievement Tony winner Athol Fugard (Roundabout’s “MASTER HAROLD”…and the boys).
Acclaimed as “striking, compassionate and Fugard's most personal play” by The New York Times, The Road to Mecca tells the story of an eccentric elderly artist facing mounting pressure to abandon her independent life for a church retirement home. Out of desperation, she calls upon her only confidant, a fiery young teacher from Cape Town. When the village minister arrives to coax out her decision, the three enter a blazing showdown that pits conformity against free expression… faith in community against faith in oneself.
Set against the charged backdrop of South African apartheid, The Road to Mecca is a beautifully crafted tribute to the artist’s indomitable spirit. Gordon Edelstein (Roundabout's The Glass Menagerie) directs.
![Two woman sitting. One is up an a day bed while the other is on the floor leaning against it.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca012r.jpg)
Rosemary Harris and Carla Gugino
Photo by Joan Marcus![A young woman standing in a bedroom with a robe and pajamas on.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca023r.jpg)
Carla Gugino
Photo by Joan Marcus![A man in a suit sitting at a table in candle light.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca109r.jpg)
Jim Dale
Photo by Joan Marcus![The cast of Road to Mecca standing on stage. Two women and a man are in a kitchen scene, one woman is sitting.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca083r.jpg)
Jim Dale, Carla Gugino, and Rosemary Harris
Photo by Joan Marcus![Two people embracing each other. the older woman is standing behind a younger woman sitting in a chair.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca181r.jpg)
Rosemary Harris and Carla Gugino
Photo by Joan Marcus![An older woman standing over a book on a table with candles around it. The room is dark.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Road-to-Mecca/RoadMecca138r.jpg)
Rosemary Harris
Photo by Joan MarcusThe Road to Mecca Cast
- Miss Helen
- Rosemary Harris
- Elsa Barlow
- Carla Gugino
- Marius Byleveld
- Jim Dale
The Road to Mecca Creative
- Playwright
- Athol Fugard
- Director
- Gordon Edelstein
- Set Designer
- Michael Yeargan
- Costume Designer
- Susan Hilferty
- Lighting Designer
- Peter Kaczorowski
- Original Music & Sound Design
- John Gromada
![The empty house of the Todd Haimes Theatre with a wash of purple light over the seats, and a chandelier hangs at the top of the theatre.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/Venues/AA_Venue.jpg)
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues