Jackie & Me
By Steven Dietz. Adapted from the book by Dan Gutman.
Product Code: J66000
Full-length Play
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 6 to 15m., 2 to 6w., doubling possible. Extras as desired.
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Awards: AATE Distinguished Play Award
Rights and availability
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Canada, United States
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Synopsis
Ten-year-old Joey Stoshack is a headstrong young boy with a special talent for time travel. When Joey is assigned to write a report on an African American who has made an important contribution to society, he uses his special ability to go back to Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. He meets one of baseball's greatest players, Jackie Robinson. Joey plans on writing a prize-winning report, but he doesn't plan on a trip that will forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code J66000
- Minimum Cast Size 8
- Pages of Dialogue 83
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 85 min
- Staging Flexible staging.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group Middle School | High School | Community Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583428436
Media Reviews
"[Kids] learn about Jackie Robinson, racial discrimination and restraining one's temper to achieve a larger goal. … The show is truthful, fun and filled with worthy life lessons for kids." -Chicagocritic.com"Moving … empowering … this is not a play about celebrity worship or mere historical awareness but a strikingly sophisticated exploration of what having a hero can do for a young man as well as what the admiration of a young man can do for a role model who doesn't yet know what that means and is just trying to hit a ball." -Chicago Tribune
"Robinson's powerhouse contribution to the game he loved, and to the American civil-rights movement, are well chronicled in Jackie & Me." -Seattle Times
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