Season Information
Off Nights
McGuire by Dick Enberg
August 18 at 7:30pm, followed by a discussion forum with Dick Enberg & reception
August 19 at 6:30pm & 9pm, both followed by a discussion forum with Dick Enberg
THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY!
Those who saw Al McGuire lead the 1977 Marquette basketball team to the national championship knew him to be quite a character. Renowned sportscaster and multiple Emmy Award winner Dick Enberg has written a deeply moving tribute to this sports legend. His play, McGuire, shares his memories of his long-time colleague and close friend.
This one-man play returns Al to center stage, where he loved to be. It revisits Al's inimitable wit and wisdom, as he reminisces about his life from the streets of Brooklyn to his days at Marquette and his travels as a sportscaster. Enberg's play depicts why the philosophy of this uncommonly funny and profound man had such an important and lasting impact on so many. McGuire was a leader on and off the court, and the people of Milwaukee adopted the Brooklyn native as one of their own. McGuire’s final game was March 28, 1977, the NCAA championship game in Atlanta in which Marquette beat North Carolina, 67-59. After a second career as a sportscaster for NBC and CBS, he died January 26, 2001 of a blood disorder at the age of 72.
Staring Cotter Smith and featuring a talkback with Dick Enberg at the end of each performance. The August 18th performance and talkback will be followed by a reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks as well.
August 18 tickets are $75.00 including discussion forum and reception.
August 19 tickets are $50.00 including discussion forum.
15th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival
1st Annual Festival of New Jewish Plays
June 16 & 17 at 7:30pm
June 16: Bluish
Janece Shaffer explores what happens when an aspiring Jewish TV reporter discovers his non-Jewish fiancée was born Jewish! The surprise and his fiancée’s growing interest in Judaism leads the couple to examine what being married, and being Jewish are all about.
June 17: The Wondering Jew
A world premiere reading of Matt Thompson’s hysterical comedy of what happens when a Jewish son bring a very non-Jewish date to his family’s not-so-traditional Passover Seder.
