Jamal was a Finalist in the 1997 Pittsburgh Public Theatre Shakespeare Monologue Contest, the 1995 Recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Program Award for Art and Music, a 1994 Recipient of the Silver Key Award at the Western PA Regional Art Exhibit and received scholarships to the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Civic Light Opera and the Enhancing the Creative Arts Program at Indiana University. In addition to being an actor, Jamal is an accomplished jazz musician who has performed with the Mellon Jazz Festival High School Program and "Jazz at the Hill House." He has performed roles in HAIR, LEADER OF THE PACK, WEST SIDE STORY and BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR.

Prime Stage is proud to be teaming up with The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Latin American Cultural Union for this world premiere. To coach the actors on Baseball techniques, Ken Saybel, who pitches batting practice for the Pirates is our athletic coach. Miguel Sague’, noted Latin American Musician, composer and Educator is creating and performing original Latin American music for the show.

Noted Pittsburgh autho Jim O’Brien has consulted with us on the script and will work with us to achieve authenticity. Mr. O’Brien has written MAZ AND THE ’60 BUCS, PITSBURGH: THE STORY OF THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS, two books about the Steelers DOING IT RIGHT and WHATEVER IT TAKES and most notably REMEMBER ROBERTO.

As Jim O’Brien states in his book, "He [Roberto] was always a heroic figure, a sleek, compact-muscled man who could do it all on a baseball field, whether it was Forbes Field, Three Rivers Stadium or some distant outpost in this country or his native Puerto Rico. It took awhile for the Pirate fans to truly appreciate him, and it took his untimely death in an airplane crash in 1972 to properly focus attention on his marvelous feats, both on and off the playing field . . . Clemente cried out to be loved, to be lauded, to be cheered, to be crowned as one of the game’s greatest players . . . ‘You know all about him,’ said Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson, himself a Hall of Famer, during that 1971 World Series. ‘But in real life he’s even better.’" (From REMEMBER ROBERTO, by Jim O’Brien).

 Company members include Enrique Bazan as the Commentator, with Jerry Wienand, Ed Tarzia, Mike Sharkey, Angelo Bruni, Josh Stanson, Yvette Melendez, and 9 year old Darrell Cleveland as young Roberto.