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Cast of Johnny Baseball  Photo: T. Charles Erickson

Johnny Baseball

July 24–August 3, Nikos Stage

By Reale, Robert, Richard Dresser, and Willie Reale
Directed by Greenberg, Gordon

The infamous Curse of the Boston Red Sox is brought to life through the fortunes of three orphaned souls: Johnny O’Brien, a hard-luck right-hander on the 1919 Sox; his idol, Babe Ruth; and Daisy Wyatt, a dazzling African-American blues singer and the love of Johnny’s life. The mystical intertwining of their fates reveals the source of the Curse and the secret to its triumphant end off Big Papi’s bat in 2004. Packing resonant social history into a quintessentially American musical, Johnny Baseball will bring cheers and tears to baseball fans and theatre lovers alike.

Cast

Fan #1/Babe Ruth
TOM MCGOWAN
Fan #2/Worcester Manager/Player #3/Harry Frazee/Emcee/Yawkey
BROOKS ASHMANSKAS
Fan #3/Player #2/Reporter/Party Guest/French Emcee/Sailor #2/Crony #1
ANDREW KOBER
Fan #4/Barrow/Mike Wolcott
JOE CASSIDY
Fan #5/Showgirl/Booster
MOLLIANN MCCULLEY
Fan #6/Showgirl/Nurse/Booster
REBECCA LACHANCE
Fan #7/Showgirl/Booster
KELLY KARBACZ
Fan #8/Player #1/McClusky/Sailor #1/Crony #2
KYLE CAMERON
Fan #10/Baron/Emcee #1/Willie Mays
ALAN H. GREEN
Fan #11/Barman/Porter/Tim Wyatt
DERRICK BASKIN
Daisy Wyatt
DE'ADRE AZIZA
Johnny O'Brien
JAMES SNYDER

Creative

Music Direction & Arrangement
WENDY BOBBITT CAVETT
Orchestrations
IRWIN FISCH
Scenic Design
TIMOTHY R. MACKABEE
Costume Design
GREGORY GALE
Lighting Design
JASON LYONS
Sound Design
NEVIN STEINBERG

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