Effa Loves Baseball at Premiere Stages at Kean University
Dates: 9/3/2026 - 9/20/2026
📍 Theatre: Premiere Stages at Kean University
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Phone: (908) 737-4069
Tickets: $18-$60
Effa Manley manages the Newark Eagles, a team she wants to take all the way to the Negro League World Series. Effa battles the press, coaching staff, segregation, and sometimes herself to win at the business of the game she loves most of all. She doesn’t worry about what it will cost her, even if it’s everything. Effa Loves Baseball is about the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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