Looking for Roberto Clemente

TitleLooking for Roberto Clemente
Year of Publication2013
Publication TypePlayscript
Number of Pages or Episodes72 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsZacarias, Karen
PublisherDramatic Publishing Co.
CityWoodstock, IL
Keywordsbaseball; Roberto Clemente (1934-72)
Abstract

Eleven-year-olds Sam Kowalski, Charlie Gunston, and their friends are baseball fanatics. They play in the sandlot while a radio broadcasts pivotal moments in their hero Roberto Clemente’s final months.

Notes

A musical, the play was commissioned by and premiered at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland on April 12, 2008, and starred Derek Manson, Don Mason, and Erika Rose.

Author Biography

Karen Zacarias (1969— ) was born in Mexico, has a BA from Stanford, and an MFA from Boston University. Other works include The Book Club Play and Just Like Us.

Time

1972