
The Great Leap
Playwright Lauren Yee
Dates Sep 14 - Oct 2, 2022
Digital on Demand Dates: Not available for this productoin.
Run Time approximately 2 hours with one 15-minute intermission.
PRICE In-Theater $20-$70
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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
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Pricing
- Preview • 1st Wed & Thu $20-$50
- All Other • Wed thru Sat $25-$59
- Thu $25-$59
- Sat & Sun $30-$65
Discussions
- Page to Stage Tue, TBA
- Artistic Talkback Sun, Sep 18 •Post Show
- Curtain Call Sun, Sep 25 • Post Show
About the Playwright

Lauren Yee (Playwright) was the second most produced playwright in America for the 2019/20 theatrical season (as per American Theatre Magazine). Her plays include CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep) and THE GREAT LEAP (Denver Center, Seattle Repertory, Atlantic Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arts Club, InterAct Theatre, Steppenwolf). Honors: Doris Duke Artists Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, Hodder Fellowship, #1 and #2 plays on 2017 Kilroys List. New Dramatists, Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab, Playwrights Realm alum. TV: Pachinko (Apple), Soundtrack (Netflix). BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD. www.laurenyee.com
Cast & Creative Team
- Manford TBA
- Connie TBA
- Wen Chang TBA
- Saul TBA
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- [*member Actors' Equity Association]
- [**member United Scenic Artists]
- [***Stage Directors and Choreographers Society]
- Director TBA
- Scenic Designer TBA
- Costume Designer TBA
- Lighting Designer TBA
- Sound Designer TBA
- Projection Designer TBA
- Stage Manager TBA
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