Stage Preview: Get "Out" To See This Play

Fullerton College Theatre Under the Direction of Gary Krinke Reprises The Award Winning "Take Me Out".


Take Me Out
Written by Richard Greenberg
Directed By Gary Krinke
Fullerton College Theatre Group
Limited Engagement
Bronwyn Dodson Theatre
321 E. Chapman, Fullerton, CA
8 PM Feb 7-9 and 2 PM Feb 9-10
5 Scoops of Bosco (Out of 5)

Preview By Allen Bacon
Editor
Bosco: The Blog

Sometime in the near future, I hope we will be able to truly look beyond people's race, gender, and sexual orientation. Those three things should be a non-issue. Period. Those three things should not have to be mentioned at all. In other words, I don't care if I ever see these phrases in print again..."John, a black man...", "Jill, a woman...", or "Donald, a gay male...". If those types of descriptions are eliminated from our vernacular, then we may be able to say that we have arrived as human beings.

In the meantime, we need reminders of how far we need to travel to get to that point. One of those reminders is an excellent Tony Award winning and Pulitzer Prize nominated play written by Richard Greenberg entitled "Take Me Out".

I am very fortunate to live in a area that has great theatre, and when this play was presented by the award-winning Fullerton College Theatre Group under the direction of Gary Krinke, last November, it totally blew everybody away. The execution of this play was so good that now the FC Theatre Group has been selected to perform for the Kennedy Center Selection Committee.

"Take Me Out" is a comedy and a story of a self-absorbed baseball icon who announces to the press, and to his teammates, that he is gay. Because of his athletic ability, good looks, and multi-million dollar salary, the player thinks life will go on as before.

This is all put to the test when the baseball team goes on a losing skid and brings up a minor league player from North Carolina who throws around racial and gay-bashing epithets as fast as he pitches...pushing the lead character. Will he give in to the temptation to retaliate? That's only part of the story and you need to be there to see the rest. Note of caution: If this was a movie it would be rated R due to on stage nudity and frank sexual discussion.

The play is making a limited comeback starting tonight at 8 PM. "Take Me Out" runs only until Sunday. See above for showtimes or call 714.992.7433 or 714.992.7425