Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Out!
    Out!
    Out!
    Ebook162 pages1 hour

    Out!

    By Lawrence Kelly

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Critically acclaimed two act play about the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The young boy looked up at his hero and pleaded, "Say it ain't so, Joe." But it was so, back in 1919 when the White Sox threw the World Series and the nation shook with scandal. The innocence of America was lost in the locker room, on the diamond and in a seedy hotel. This riveting drama will fascinate you with its answers to the greater questions of temptation.
    Why did they do it? And at what price?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLawrence Kelly
    Release dateJul 16, 2011
    ISBN9781465992574
    Out!
    Author

    Lawrence Kelly

    Lawrence Kelly has divided his time between the arts and education. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, SUNY at Oneonta, Dowling College, Teachers College/Columbia University and the Bank Street College of Education. He holds A.O.S, B.S., M.S. and M.Ed. degrees. He was the General Manager of Steve McGraw's Cabaret Theater in New York, responsible for such hits as Forbidden Broadway, Forever Plaid and A Couple of Blaguards. After many years as an English and Drama teacher, he currently is a High School Supervisor for the Alternate Learning Center, a program for at-risk students in New York City. He lives with his wife on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He has two grown daughters. He spends his summer vacation in Rockport, Massachusetts.

    Related to Out!

    Related ebooks

    Performing Arts For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • UNLIMITED

      Behind/the Lens

      Jan 21, 2021

      Behind/the Lens
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Mark Rylance

      Jun 26, 2020

      Mark Rylance
      13 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Dante’s Paradise

      May 23, 2023

      Dante’s Paradise
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Long Live The Animals!

      Jan 3, 2023

      Long Live The Animals!
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Chris Jericho

      May 26, 2022

      Chris Jericho
      9 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Expanded Police

      Jul 1, 2022

      Expanded Police
      8 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Flash Flood Of Colour

      May 21, 2020

      A Flash Flood Of Colour
      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Base Paths Of Glory

      Mar 1, 2019

      Base Paths Of Glory
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Ramone Blitzkrieg!

      Jan 3, 2023

      Ramone Blitzkrieg!
      7 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Danny Elfman

      Feb 2, 2023

      Danny Elfman
      9 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      My Kind Of People

      Feb 27, 2020

      Members of the game shooting community have long suffered from terrible misconceptions about their activities in the field. Many a stereotype has even been conceived by those deep within the community itself, puzzlingly keen, as they are, to take pot

      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Ron Howard

      Nov 15, 2019

      Ron Howard
      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Return Of Alice Cooper

      May 24, 2021

      The Return Of Alice Cooper
      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Hammer Of The Gods

      Aug 18, 2023

      Hammer Of The Gods
      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Lynyrd Skynyrd

      May 25, 2021

      Lynyrd Skynyrd
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      On the Record

      Jun 26, 2016

      AS A MUSIC-OBSESSED teen growing up in the Bronx in the 1970s, Joseph Saddler noticed that every party song had one drum break or keyboard solo that made dancers go wild. What if you could string those fragments together to create a nonstop frenzy?

      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      American Band Stand

      Jan 12, 2021

      American Band Stand
      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Danny Johnson

      Sep 10, 2019

      Danny Johnson
      11 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Jason Ellis

      May 21, 2019

      Jason Ellis
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Bloody Well Write

      Mar 10, 2023

      Bloody Well Write
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Tim Kitzrow

      Mar 19, 2020

      Tim Kitzrow
      12 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Questlove

      Jun 25, 2021

      Questlove
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Out!

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Out! - Lawrence Kelly

      Out!

      by Lawrence Kelly

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 1984, Lawrence Kelly

      * * * * *

      For more information:

      www.outtheplay.com

      * * * * *

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      * * * * *

      Copyright © 1984 by Lawrence Kelly

      All rights reserved

      CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that

      OUT! is subject to a royalty. It is fully protected under copyright

      laws of the United States of America, and of all countries covered

      by the International Copyright Union, and of all countries covered

      by the Pan-American Copyright Convention and Universal

      Copyright Convention, and of all countries with which the United

      States has reciprocal copyright relations. All rights, including

      professional, amateur, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public

      reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound taping,

      all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as

      information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and

      the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved.

      Published by Windsor House Publishing

      New York, NY

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kelly, Lawrence.

      Fade to Black/Out! : A play in 10 scenes about the

      1919 Black Sox scandal.

      1 p.

      ISBN 9781453840115

      PAu0007785651 1985-10-31

      www.outtheplay.com

      * * * * *

      OUT! was first presented by the PACT Theater Company at the Judith Anderson Theater in New York City in June, 1986.The production was directed by Max Charruyer; the settings were by Michael Deegan; the costumes were by Sarah Conly; the lighting was by John Conway. The cast was as follows:

      Shoeless Joe Jackson -------- MICHAEL COUNTRYMAN

      Oscar Hap Felsch ------------ RICK TOLLIVER

      Claude Lefty Williams ------TERRY HEMPLEMAN

      GeorgeBuckWeaver ---------RICHARD TABOR

      Arnold Chick Gandil --------PAUL CHRISTIE

      Charles Swede Risberg -----ARNIE MAZER

      Eddie Cicotte -------------------STEVEN STAHL

      Fred McMullin -----------------JOHN A. O’HERN

      OUT! was subsequently presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company at the Plays

      and Players Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1987. The production was

      directed by Sara Garonzik; the settings were by Peter Harrison; the costumes were by

      Vicki Esposito; the lighting was by James Leitner. The cast was as follows:

      Shoeless Joe Jackson -------- PETER MORSE

      Oscar Hap Felsch ------------ GRANT SHAUD

      Claude Lefty Williams ------TERRY HEMPLEMAN

      GeorgeBuckWeaver ---------JONATHAN FULLER

      Arnold Chick Gandil --------MATTHEW PENN

      Charles Swede Risberg -----ARNIE MAZER

      Eddie Cicotte -------------------TOM TETI

      Fred McMullin -----------------PATRICK GARNER

      TIME: Fall 1919 to Fall 1920

      PLACE: Chicago, Illinois USA

      Act I

      Scene 1: Fall, 1919, Chicago Locker Room

      Scene 2: Playing Field, during the next week

      Scene 3: Locker Room

      Scene 4: Hotel Room

      Act II

      Scene 1: Playing Field, during the World Series

      Scene 2: Locker Room, after the third game

      Scene 3: Locker Room, after the World Series

      Scene 4: Fall, 1920, locker Room

      Scene 5: Courtroom/Locker Room

      Scene 6: Playing Field

      AUTHOR’S PRODUCTION NOTES

      Each director brings his/her own personal touch to each production. I have brought few suggestions to the creative process. What I have concentrated on is the sound of the play. In conception, there was clear musicality to the words that I heard in my head. This play is a barrage of different ideas, points of view and emotions that is thrust on the audience. As such, pacing is a vitally important consideration during production. All locker room scene dialogue should fly. The energy of the actors should be optimum. I have suggested to actors that when they are in the locker room, they are not actors, but reactors. Cues should be picked up immediately and no pauses should be inserted. There are no one-liners in the play and any humor that occurs is the result of the character’s commitment and not from the wit of the writing. The badinage should be at break neck speed as anyone would attest who has spent any time in locker rooms. I have not yet witnessed a production that ran too quickly, but I have witnessed the dreariness of a production that ran too slow. The monologues and other scene settings are opportunities for individual instincts. In the locker room, the team is one entity, albeit, with many voices.

      Nudity is also a question that is brought to me during production. After all, this is a play set in a locker room where actors change their clothes more often than models backstage at a runway fashion show. Nothing in the script or stage direction addresses nudity. I have left it to individual theaters and individual creative teams to make their own determination.

      In 1919, the Chicago White Sox were heavy favorites to win the World Series. They didn’t. This is their story.

      There are three working areas of this play. One is a locker room which consists of a long row of lockers, benches, stools, water fountain, baseball bat rack and anything else one might see in a baseball locker room. Another is just a black stage which serves as the practice and playing field during games. The last area is a dark hotel room with a couch, chairs, lamps and other items seen in a hotel room. The players will make all costume changes right onstage,

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1