In 1963 at age 12 - in the middle of the Cold War, the war in Vietnam, the race riots in New York City, and at a turning point in American Culture - Jim Carroll began writing his Basketball Diaries. Jim is an all-star basketball player at an Ivy League catholic school leading a double life, experimenting with drugs and getting hooked, hustling gay men to support a heroin addiction, and becoming a poet and future rock singer. |
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Critically acclaimed director Joe Tantalo is collaborating with award-winning playwright Matt Pelfrey and two-time Drama Desk nominated designer Maruti Evans on one of the most unique theatre experiences of the year. Audiences will have the opportunity to be a part of a theatrical experience from the ground up: watching a new play being developed with the Godlight creative and acting company alongside author Jim Carroll. On a spare stage, The Basketball Diaries will unfold as a three-ring circus on a faux-basketball set as Jim Carroll's cult-classic comes to life before your eyes. Special talk-back evenings will allow audiences to provide their feedback in helping to shape what will become a world premiere production.
Special talk-back evenings will be announced soon!
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TUE - SAT 8:15
SUN 3:15 & 7:15
$18
(59E59 MEMBERS $12.60)
*Member of
Actors' Equity Association
