The Real Rite of Spring: Baseball

It was with sadness that we took down the set of Fred Stroppel's "Small World", the comedy that looked at Walt Disney's use - or misuse- of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". The show received brilliant reviews and is now preparing for its life beyond Newtown.

We here are turning to that other rite of spring: baseball.

Strak Kats Theatre Company will get the jump on America’s favorite pastime with Richard Dresser’s hilarious comedy, “Rounding Third”, directed by the company’s Artistic Director Kate Katcher and starring Equity actors JP Sarro and Steven L. Barron.

The two-hander follows a veteran Little League Coach and his new-to-the-sport Assistant as they lug a duffel bag full of equipment and their personal baggage through an entire season, forming an uneasy alliance for the benefit of the team. Over the course of exhilarating victories, heartbreaking defeats, and interminable rainouts, the two men battle over how to lead the team. Coaches will recognize the situations and parents will giggle at the behind-the-scenes goings on. "Having spent more than my share of hours on the sidelines and in the bleachers, I love this play," says Katcher. "We never missed one of our son's games. WHo knew what was going on in the minds of their coaches!?"

“This play reflects the passions, the joy and the pain that fills the heart of any person who has ever loved a child who was competing for anything, from sports to spelling bees to talent shows." —San Jose Repertory Theatre

March 1-17

Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2 (except 3/10)

Tickets are available at www.straykatstheatrecompany.org or call 203-514-2221.