FORIMMEDIATERELEASE: World Premiere CONTACT: Matthew S. Robinson, [email protected], 513.515.5659 INFO: hff18.org/5051
LOSANGELES, CA, MAY 3rd, 2018 Based on the incredible true story of Negro league baseball this new ensemble play takes an intimate look at an often over-looked moment in history. During it’s peak Negro league baseball was an organization worth millions of dollars and then almost overnight it was all but destroyed. “BlackBalled” follows the stories of the owners who helped pioneer one of the largest African-American enterprises in history.
Effa Manley, the first and thus far only woman inducted into the baseball hall of fame. Cumberland Posey, the only man to be inducted into both the baseball & basketball hall of fame. Gus Greenlee, the first African-American to own his own professional baseball field. Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to break the infamous color barrier of major league baseball. All of these people come together to tell thi
