The Critically Acclaimed Drama Comes To CHICAGO
Toni Stone is a promising baseball player who finds herself being rejected by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League due to the world's current climate and discrimination being the main factor. She sets out to become the first woman ever to play baseball professionally as part of the Negro League. Awarded the New York Times Critic's Pick during its Roundabout Theatre Company production in early 2019, it now enjoys a hotly anticipated run at Albert Goodman Theater in Chicago.
An empowering story of hope and resilience in which America's favorite past time collides with its struggle for racial equality, Toni Stone follows the titular trailblazer from her youth into adulthood. Possessing an encyclopaedic knowledge of baseball and a strong throwing arm, young Toni just doesn't understand why she can't play with the boys. Against all odds, she takes on the male-dominated world of professional sports and is determined to shatter the racist and sexist barriers.