Plays & Players Presents TAKE ME OUT, 3/11-3/27

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater will present the Tony Award Winning play TAKE ME OUT written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Daniel Student.

Set in the world of professional baseball, TAKE ME OUT looks at what happens when the star player of a professional baseball team suddenly announces his homosexuality and the ripple effect that it has on the entire team over the course of a season.

TAKE ME OUT was the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play 2003 and was nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It played 383 performances on Broadway.

Featured in the show are Chuck DeLong, Bill Egan, Sam Han, Gerard Joseph, Joe Matyas, David Mason, Ted Powell, Jerry Rudasill, Dan Sanchez, Ryan Walter, and Peter Zielinski.

Performances are March 11 - 27, 2010. Showtimes for Thursday-Saturdays performances are 8:00 pm. Sundays performances are at 4:00 pm. March 11th and 12th are special preview performances, and all regular priced tickets are $5 off.

Following performances on March 12, 19 and 20 audience members are invited to a new play festival PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS which will feature baseball themed plays Tickets are $10 or free with your TAKE ME OUT ticket stub.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door for adults, $15 student rush (one half hour before curtain), and $10 for groups of 10 or more. All performances will be given in Plays & Players Main Stage at 1714 Delancey Place (between Spruce & Pine Streets). Tickets may be purchased at www.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For additional information call the theatre at (215) 735-0630.

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