Take Me Out October 11, 2006

Raving Theatre, Vancouver’s most out Theatre Company begins its third season with the Vancouver premier of the 2003 Tony winner, Take Me Out, by Richard Greenberg. The story of Darren Lemming, the star centre fielder of the world champion New York Empires, is young, rich, famous, talented, handsome and so convinced of his popularity that when he casually announces he’s gay, he assumes the news will be readily accepted by everyone. It isn’t. Friends, fans and teammates react with ambivalence, and when the slipping Empires call up the young phenom Shane Mungitt to close their games, the ambivalence turns to violence. Angry, lonely, guilt-ridden and confused, Darren finds some unlikely solace in the form of friendship with his new business manager, Mason Marzac—a brilliant but repressed guy, who, as everyone around him copes with disenchantment, blooms in the ecstatic discovery of baseball. Above all this is Richard Greenberg’s love letter to baseball.

October 11- 15 at the Waterfront Theatre
Curtain 8:00pm Wed- Saturday, 5:00 pm Sunday
Tickets available through Tickets Tonight at 604-231-7535 or www.ticketstonight.ca

Official Website: http://ravingtheatre.com