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As part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival's 4th River Project in downtown Pittsburgh, presents the Pittsburgh premiere of the Tony Award winning Take Me Out.- Alice Carter, Tribune-Review "...the results are majestic. Home run? Grand slam? Nine-inning blow-out? Pick your metaphor. They're all safe." - Robert Isenberg, City Paper "Take Me Out hits for the cycle: It's smart and funny with tart substance and plenty of heart -- not just sweet sentiment but the complex real thing, which includes ache and wonder." - Christopher Rawson, Post-Gazette when June 6th - 22nd, 2008 8:00 PM, Wednesday - Sunday Added matinee - Saturday, June 21st, 4:00 PM ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT - wait list starts 1 hour before show time where Navarra (next to Bossa Nova) 131 7th Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 tickets All tickets $10 On sale starting May 9th, 2008 Go to artsfestival.net or call 412-456-6666 cast Bingo O'Malley (Skipper) Christian Felix (Darren) Tom Aulino (Mason) Tristan Farmer (Shane) Patrick Jordan (Kippy) Jeffrey Carpenter (Toddy) Joshua Elijah Reese (Davey Battle) Jose Rivas (Rodriguez) Joseph "JJ" Jackson (Martinez) Tony Bingham (Jason) Jeffrey Omura (Kawabata) |
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about the play Take Me Out is the story Darren Lemming, the star center fielder of the world champion New York Empires baseball team, who is young, rich, famous, talented, handsome and so convinced of his popularity that when he casually announces that he's gay, he assumes the news will be readily accepted by everyone. It isn't. Friends, fans and teammates react with ambivalence, and when the slipping Empires call up the young pitching phenom Shane Mungitt to close their games, the ambivalence turns to violence. Angry, lonely, guilt-ridden and confused, Darren finds some unlikely solace in the form of friendship with his new business manager, Mason Marzac — a brilliant but repressed guy, who, as everyone around him copes with disenchantment, blooms in the ecstatic discovery of baseball. about the playwright Richard Greenberg is the author of Take Me Out (Drama Desk Award; NY Drama Critics Circle Award; Outer Critics Circle Award; Lucille Lortel Award; Tony Award for Best Play), recently on Broadway after successful runs at The Public Theater in New York City and The Donmar on London's West End. Other works include The Violet Hour, The Dazzle (Outer Critics Circle Award; John Gassner, Lucille Lortel nominations), Eevertt Beekin, Three Days of Rain (L.A. Drama Critics Award; Pulitzer finalist; Olivier, Drama Desk, Hull-Warriner nominations), Hurrah at Last, Night and Her Stars, The American Plan, Life Under Water and The Author's Voice, among many other plays. His adaptation of Strindberg's Dance of Death was seen on Broadway starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren and David Straithairn. Mr. Greenberg received the Oppenheimer Award for a new playwright as well as the first PEN/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career. He is an associate artist at South Coast Repertory and a member of Ensemble Studio Theater. To join our mailing list, email us: barebonesproductions@yahoo.com barebones' production of The Grey Zone (November 2006) was named as one of the top 5 plays of 2006 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and among the top 10 by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. barebones productions is a Pittsburgh theatre company whose mission is to facilitate the growth of local theater artists through the production of challenging, entertaining, thought-provoking plays and attracts new young theater audiences by employing minimal production elements for maximum impact. Support barebones If you would like to support barebones, please send your donation to: barebones productions 5720 Friendship Avenue Box 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (please make checks payable to "Barebones Productions") |
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