The New York locker room will never be the same after a charismatic young baseball star at the top of his game casually reveals a personal truth: he’s gay. The announcement throws a curve ball into the middle of a perfect season and sends a ripple effect through the entire team, the media, the nation and one shy business manager who can’t tell an earned run from an earnings tax. A joyous tribute to baseball that celebrates the glory of the game, and the men who love—or learn to love—America’s pastime. Winner of the 2003 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play and finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Presenting Sponsor: Whitaker Foundation
The Repertory Theatre gratefully acknowledges a generous challenge grant from Ann and Hugh Scott to support the Off-Ramp season.
Take Me Out was the first production in the Off-Ramp Season, created in 2005, at the Grandel Theatre.
Kevin Kline Award Nominations: Outstanding Production of a Play: Take Me Out; Outstanding Director of a Play: Rob Ruggiero; Outstanding Costume Design: Michael J. McDonald; Outstanding Lighting Design: John Lasiter; Outstanding Set Design: Adrian W. Jones; Outstanding Sound Design: Janet Kalas; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Philip Anthony-Rodriguez; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Nat DeWolf; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Michael Balsley. Awards: Outstanding Production of a Play: Take Me Out; Outstanding Director of a Play: Rob Ruggiero; Outstanding Lighting Design: John Lasiter; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Nat DeWolf.
