By Richard Greenberg
Iowa Premiere Production
November, 2007
Sponsored by Rich Eychaner
Darren Lemming, the star center fielder of the world champion New York Empires, is young, rich, famous, talented, handsome and so convinced of his popularity that when he casually announces 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 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.
Cast
Davey Battle: Pernell Ferguson
Toddy Koovitz: William Mort
Mario Rodriguez: Jon Schroeder
Kippy Sunderstrom: Jordan Whalen
Jose Martinez: Enrique Cruz
Skipper: J.P Richardson
Mason Marzac: Ellis J. Wells
Jason Chenier: Don Watts
Darren Lemming: Edward Vasquez
Shane Mungitt: Adam Sandroni
Takeshi Kawabata: Chris King
Production Team
Director: Stacy Lempares Brothers
Production Stage Manager: Piper Harlan
Scenic Designer: Jim Wilcox
Lighting Designer: Jim Trenberth
Props Coordinator: Joy Kripal
Set Construction: Paul Mostrom
Costumes: Malary Harris
