Back Back Back
by Itamar Moses

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Highlights

90 mins Present Day All Men Interior Set

Synopsis

Before headlines blazed, before the Mitchell Report and ESPN lit up millions of television screens with the scandals, before congressional jaws dropped, comes the story of three guys making their way in the world of professional baseball – a world too competitive to rely solely on raw talent.

This explosive play from the acclaimed writer of The Four of Us and Bach at Leipzig takes you behind the headlines into the locker room to witness an even more gripping confrontation you didn't see on TV, as these teammates face each other and do battle – for their careers, their legacies, and the future of America's favorite pastime.

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Press Reviews

"REVIEWS "FIVE STARS. NO ONE PLAYS KING OF THE HILL MORE CRAFTILY THAN ITAMAR MOSES. TAUT, BEAUTIFULLY MODULATED, AND RIVETING, WITH THE BEWILDERING FORCE OF A CURVEBALL PITCH."– Time Out New York “A riveting spectacle of idolized figures who taint their sport through their own pride and greed."

— The Associated Press

"A very superior piece of work, one of the best new American plays in 2008. Back Back Back never feels like a docudrama, much less a polemic. Instead Mr. Moses has given us a taut, touchingly elegiac study of friendship and betrayal, one whose three characters are creatures of flesh and blood, not historical sock puppets."

— The Wall Street Journal

"Enormously watchable, unpredictable and unpretentiously serious. The stories of injuries, trades and relationships unfold with lively thoughtfulness."

— Newsday

"Besides the sheer fun of hearing these guys banter and trash talk, there is an undertow of melancholy to Itamar Moses' pitch-perfect script."

— NY1

Characters

Character
Raul

another, a slugging outfielder, Hispanic.

Adam

another, a wiry defensive-virtuoso.

Kent

a major league baseball player, a slugging infielder, the all-american golden-boy type.

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Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573696121
ISBN-10 0573696128

Back Back Back is a play written by Itamar Moses and published by Samuel French .

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