Leon Addison Brown & More Set for Athol Fugard's The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek Off-Broadway

The cast is now set for the previously announced world premiere of Athol Fugard’s The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek. Leon Addison Brown (The Train Driver) will star as Nukain in the Signature Theatre production. Performances will begin in the Romulas Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center on April 21. Opening night is set for May 11; the play is scheduled to run through May 31.

Fugard directs a cast that also includes Bianca Amato (Macbeth) as Elmarie, Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King) as Bokkie and Sahr Ngaujah (Fela!) as Jonathan.

The new play is inspired by the life of South African outsider artist Nukain Mabusa. Aging farm laborer Nukain has spent his life transforming the rocks at Revolver Creek into a vibrant garden of painted flowers. Now, the final unpainted rock, as well as his young companion Bokkie, has forced Nukain to confront his legacy as a painter, a person and a black man in 1980s South Africa. When the landowner’s wife arrives with demands about the painting, the profound rifts of a country hurtling toward the end of apartheid are laid bare.

The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek will feature scenic design by Christopher H. Barreca, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Stephen Strawbridge and sound design by Stowe Nelson.