About the Play

Manford is 5’5”, Chinese American, and desperate to make it onto the USF
basketball team. If he can run the court as well as he runs his mouth, he
might have a shot. Against his better judgment, Saul Slezac, the man who
brought basketball to China, brings Manford to Beijing for a friendship
game in the summer of 1989.

The Great Leap is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Critics and Audiences Agree: The Great Leap is a Slam Dunk.

“The Hangar makes the shot, brilliantly…”

 About our Co-Producer – The Hangar Theatre creates and presents performances of exceptional quality in New York State’s Finger Lakes region while teaching and mentoring the next generation of theatre artists. They enrich their community, at both the local and national level, with work and classes that inspire, entertain, and enlighten. The Hangar produced its first fully realized performances in summer 1975 in a newly renovated theatre space converted from a WPA-era airplane hangar– once an essential training ground for WWII pilots–on the banks of beautiful Cayuga Lake. The project was community driven from the start, led by Ithaca-area theatre-lovers aspiring to create a vibrant central arts campus for the region and tourists alike. Now a year-round venue engaged in its 47th season, the Hangar Theatre Company offers professional theatrical productions during an expansive and diverse summer season (June-August) and hosts local and national musical acts, community arts groups and events, and education programs off-season (September to May).