TAKE ME OUT Closes at Celebration Theatre, 1/30
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 30, 2011
The critically-acclaimed (LA Weekly GO!, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK) second show in Celebration Theatre's 2010-2011 Season of Shows, the Tony Award-winning play, TAKE ME OUT, will close on January 30. The play is written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Michael Matthews and produced for Celebration Theatre by Nicholas Caprio, Michael C. Kricfalusi, Todd Milliner and Christopher Sepulveda.
Darren Lemming is the star center fielder for the champion New York Empires. An extraordinary athlete, he fills both his fans and his teammates with awe at his abilities and his presence on the field and off. When he makes the matter-of-fact announcement that he's gay, he throws his team into turmoil and confusion, while he also emboldens his closeted accountant, Mason Marzac, to come to terms with his own sexuality-and to fully experience the pure joy of watching great athletes play a sport as well as it can be played. But Darren's announcement brings to the fore the confused and twisted hostilities of the Empires' brilliantly talented but deeply racist and homophobic pitcher, Shane Mungitt-from whose rage tragic consequences ensue.ABOUT THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
Richard Greenberg (Playwright) is the author of Take Me Out (Tony, New York Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel and Drama League Awards), The Violet Hour, The Dazzle (Outer Critics Circle Award), Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain (L.A. Drama Critics Award; Olivier, Drama Desk, Hull-Warriner nominations) and many other plays. He won the Oppenheimer Award for a debuting playwright, the first Pen/Laura Pels Award for a mid-career playwright and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A Naked Girl on the Appian Way marks the first of a series of Greenberg plays to see the New York stage this season. The playwright was last represented on Broadway with his Tony Award-winning Take Me Out and The Violet Hour. His play Three Days of Rain was revived on Broadway starring Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd in March, 2006. Other new works being unveiled include The House in Town at Lincoln Center Theater and Bal Masque at Washington D.C.'s Theater J. He is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and an associate artist of South Coast Repertory.
TAKE ME OUT is performed at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. For Tickets, please call 323-957-1884 or visit the Celebration Theatre website at www.celebrationtheatre.com.Celebration Theatre is a community of artists dedicated to presenting innovative, provocative and relevant work that examines the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer experience. We endeavor to challenge society's perception of this community and give a vibrant voice to its evolving identity. The theatre is located at 7051B Santa Monica Blvd. (1/2 block east of La Brea Blvd.) in Hollywood. For more information, please visit www.celebrationtheatre.com.
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