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Stealin' Home

by Fred Newman
review by Slyvia W. Chan in SF Bay Guardian November 17, 1999
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*Stealin' Home Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy; 436-0985. $15-35.
Fri/19-Sat/20, 8pm. Playwright Fred Newman presents a
poignant, and sometimes jarring, look at the achievements of the
late, great Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Roosevelt Robinson in this first
full-production play produced by the Bay Area Committee for
Independent Culture (BACIC). Told through an entirely subjective
lens, Stealin' Home gives a fictional account of the first man to
break the Major League's color barrier, and the mental triumph
and anguish Robinson endured as an icon for black America. The
action centers on the relationship between Robinson (Algin Ford)
and Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese (Adan Chipkin) and their
encounters with waitress and soul-of-the-ages, aptly named
Sojourner (Jamesetta Bunn). Under the keen direction of Edris
Cooper-Anifowoshe, Stealin' Home provides ample insight into
the transformation of baseball from America's favorite pastime to
big business and explores the harsh, often painful tolls of
integration on the African American psyche. (Chan)

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