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Back Back Back

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3m

Itamar Moses

Winner! 2008 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award. From the acclaimed writer of The Four of Us and Bach at Leipzig.

Back Back Back

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2008 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

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Summary
Before headlines blazed, before the Mitchell Report and ESPN lit up millions of television screens with the scandals, before congressional jaws dropped, comes the story of three guys making their way in the world of professional baseball – a world too competitive to rely solely on raw talent.

This explosive play from the acclaimed writer of The Four of Us and Bach at Leipzig takes you behind the headlines into the locker room to witness an even more gripping confrontation you didn't see on TV, as these teammates face each other and do battle – for their careers, their legacies, and the future of America's favorite pastime.

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History
Back, Back, Back was first presented by the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA, in 2008. It was directed by Davis McCallum. The play was subsequently presented Off Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City in 2008. It was directed by Daniel Aukin.

Cast Attributes
Keywords

KENT - a major league baseball player, a slugging infielder, the all-american golden-boy type.
RAUL - another, a slugging outfielder, Hispanic.
ADAM - another, a wiry defensive-virtuoso.

  • Time Period Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century, 1990s, 1980s
  • Setting Various locker rooms, dugouts, press rooms, and other locations around Major League Baseball.
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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REVIEWS

"FIVE STARS. NO ONE PLAYS KING OF THE HILL MORE CRAFTILY THAN ITAMAR MOSES. TAUT, BEAUTIFULLY MODULATED, AND RIVETING, WITH THE BEWILDERING FORCE OF A CURVEBALL PITCH."– Time Out New York

“A riveting spectacle of idolized figures who taint their sport through their own pride and greed.” – The Associated Press

"A very superior piece of work, one of the best new American plays in 2008. Back Back Back never feels like a docudrama, much less a polemic. Instead Mr. Moses has given us a taut, touchingly elegiac study of friendship and betrayal, one whose three characters are creatures of flesh and blood, not historical sock puppets.” – The Wall Street Journal

"Enormously watchable, unpredictable and unpretentiously serious. The stories of injuries, trades and relationships unfold with lively thoughtfulness." – Newsday

"Besides the sheer fun of hearing these guys banter and trash talk, there is an undertow of melancholy to Itamar Moses' pitch-perfect script." – NY1

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Itamar Moses

Itamar Moses
Itamar Moses is the author of the full-length plays OUTRAGE, BACH AT LEIPZIG, CELEBRITY ROW, THE FOUR OF US, YELLOWJACKETS, BACK BACK BACK, COMPLETENESS, and THE WHISTLEBLOWER, the musicals NOBODY LOVES YOU (with Gaby Alter), FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (with Michael Friedman), and ...
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