The Josh Gibson Story                                                                          

                                      

                                Written by Gregory Gibson Kenney

                                              Directed by David Minniefield

                                    July 20 - 29 

                                         Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm * Sundays at 2:30

                                                               At the Hazlett Theatre on Pittsburgh's Northside were Josh grew up!

                                  See the Post Gazette Article on Josh Gibson

    

Photo Courtesy of the Josh Gibson family & Foundation

A World Premiere produced in partnership with The Josh Gibson Foundation, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.                         

Funded in part by the A. W. Mellon Educational Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Heinz Endowments and the Multi-Cultural Art Initiative jointly funded by The Pittsburgh Foundation and Howard Heinz Endowment 

Order your tickets now.  Call ProArts at (412) 394-3353 or order on line.

 To read about Josh Gibson before or after coming to our show, Visit the clp.gif - 2205 Bytes               Reading List! 

 

 


Cast List

Marc Anthony Ellis - Narrator/Older Josh

  Clifton Davis 

 David Conley 

Troy L. Golson

Ken Fischer

Matthew Hartman 

Wali Jamal 

   Nathan James     

Wesley McNeal 

John-Paul Nickel  

  Scott Van de Mark   

featuring 

E. J. Duncan as Gunner, a young baseball fan 

Dramaturg - Michael Heinzman

Stage Manager - Joanna Lowe


For background information on this local hero we invite you to visit these websites:

Homestead Grays

Pittsburgh Crawfords

Josh Gibson

Negro League Baseball

Negro League Museum

Black baseball


We are seeking photographs of the ball-fields for the Grays and Crawfords, baseball equipment from the era including gloves, balls, shoes, other equipment and other memorabilia that will help make the production authentic.

If you would like to share some of those things with us, call (412) 771-7373 or email us!