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Jay is a really good boxer, so good they call him “The Sport.” He’s won his last seventy-six fights and has his sights set on being crowned the next heavyweight champion. But it’s 1905, and in the Jim Crow era, a Black man doesn’t get to fight a reigning white champion.
When a surprising chance at the title appears, Jay gears up for the fight of his life—where the stakes are staggeringly high inside the ring and out. Inspired by real-world boxer Jack Johnson, this adrenaline rush of a play by Marco Ramirez (Orange is the New Black, Buena Vista Social Club) is a kinetic and poetic portrayal of what it takes and what it costs to make history.
Use code WTOC2627 for $30.00 tickets. Our Open Caption performance is on November 19th at 7:30 pm. If you have any issue with the code at checkout, please contact the Writers Theatre Box Office: 847-242-6000 or boxoffice@writerstheatre.org
Accessibility: Open Captions, Assistive Listening Devices, Large Print Programs by Request, Wheelchair Accessible