Take Me Out (play)

Take Me Out (play)

Infobox Play
name = Take Me Out


image_size = 150px
writer = Richard Greenberg
characters = Darren Lemming
Kippy Sunderstrom
Mason Marzac
Shane Mungitt
Davey Battle
Toddy Koovitz
Rodriguez
Martinez
Skipper
William R. Danziger
Jason Chenier
Takeshi Kawabata
Policemen
setting = A baseball locker room
premiere = 2002
place = Donmar Warehouse
London, England
orig_lang = English
subject = Homophobia, racism, and class in sport
genre = Drama
ibdb_id = 11141
iobdb_id = 1370

"Take Me Out" is a 2002 play by American playwright, Richard Greenberg originally staged by Donmar Warehouse, London with The Public Theater. It premiered off-Broadway at on 05 September2002 Joseph Papp Public Theater, and made Its Broadway debut on 27 February 2003 at the Walter Kerr Theatre where it ran 355 performances.

Plot synopsis

The play is set in the locker room of a professional baseball team, and as such has an all-male cast and explores themes of homophobia, racism, class and masculinity in sport.

The play's main character, Darren Lemming, is a popular mixed-race baseball player at the peak of his career when he decides to come out. Several of his teammates react strongly, and the drama plays out over the course of the baseball season with tragic consequences.

While Glenn Burke was out to teammates and team owners in the 1970s and Billy Bean came out in 1999 after retiring from eight seasons of playing in Major League Baseball, at the time of the writing of this play no major-league baseball player had ever come out to the public during his career. This play is the dramatic exploration of what such an event might be like.

Awards and nominations

;Awards
* 2003 Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play
* 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
* 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding play
* 2003 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play
* 2003 Tony Award for Best Play;Nominations
* 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

References

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Further reading

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