Photo Flash: First Look at SECONDARY PITCH, Opening Tonight at Bridge Theater

Randomly Specific Theatre presents Secondary Pitch, a new comedy by Larry Phillips. Matthew J. Nichols directs a cast of four, including Ryan Dusek, Larry Phillips, Phoebe Leonard, and Peter Buck Dettmann. Performances will be staged at The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10019. The production opens tonight, October 9, and continues through October 25, 2014.

There's no 'I' in team. But there is in family. Stephen and Paul Dowd were two of the most highly touted prospects in baseball. Stephen lived up to the hype with an amazing career in the Big Leagues. His bother Paul...never got off the plate. Now, after retiring from the game with an injury, Stephen is divorced, broke, and forced to consider a lucrative offer to film a Reality TV show about his life. But the Producers don't just want Stephen; they want Paul and their fame-seeking younger brother Kevin as well. Secondary Pitch is a biting new play about brothers, rivalry and staying on top of the game.

"I've always been curious what it must feel like to fail at something you love, only to watch someone close to you, with little to no effort, flourish at it," said playwright Larry Phillips. "Secondary Pitch is my look at what jealousy and pride can do to someone who's forced to face it on a daily basis."

From Director Matthew J. Nichols: The three Dowd brothers, despite their past successes and failures, are all grasping for a second chance, and the stakes have never been higher. Any one of them could emerge victorious or fall hopelessly in the dirt. Our goal in this intimate production is to draw the audience into the players' struggles and let them decide for themselves who are the real winners and losers.

Secondary Pitch plays for 14 performances from tonight, October 9, through October 25, 2014. Performances are Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays @ 3pm; plus - Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by visiting http://secondarypitch.bpt.me or www.randomlyspecifictheatre.com.

The run time for Secondary Pitch is 90 minutes, with no intermission.