Toni Stone at Arena Stage

Toni Stone

Arena Stage
1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington

History is filled with trailblazers and Toni Stone was one of them. Considered a pioneer, Toni Stone is the first woman to play baseball in the Negro Leagues, also making her the first woman to play professionally in a men's league in the 1950s. Against all odds, Stone shattered expectations and created her own set of rules in the male-dominated sports world. Based on Martha Ackmann's book Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, award-winning playwright Lydia R. Diamond (Smart People, The Bluest Eye) tells the dynamic story of Stone's journey of perseverance and resilience just to do what she loved the most - play baseball.

Thru - Oct 3, 2021

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 202-488-3300

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Toni Stone Reviews

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...Even when Diamond's script bites off more than it can chew, its vibrant realization of Stone as an amusingly unassuming trailblazer - and Santoya Fields's effortlessly appealing lead performance - compensates. Prideful but endearingly innocent, the underappreciated pioneer is presented as a numbers-obsessed prodigy decades before Bill James coined the term "sabermetrics." By letting Stone's origins unfold via flashback, Diamond slides right into the day-to-day grind of life on the Negro Leagues circuit, where the travel is grueling, the dugout banter flies, showmanship trumps championships and bigotry looms."

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- Thomas Floyd

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...You don't need to be a baseball fan to be inspired by this amazing story. Even if you don't know the game, the cast gives a quick and entertaining primer on how it's played at the outset of this thoroughly enjoyable and lively production."

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- Ramona Harper

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

"...As embodied by Fields, Toni is a magnetic personality with a desire to play pro baseball and the ability and confidence to back up her dreams. To her, baseball is a metaphor for life: everything of importance can be summed up by the weight of the ball in her hand. On the other hand, as skilled as Negro League players were, they were also expected to "bring the show" and act foolish for white audiences, and she also faced some antagonism as a woman in a male-dominated profession."

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- Susan Berlin

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...This is an errorless production that will leave you cheering for the whole team throughout the performance."

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- Susan Brall

Toni Stone at Arena Stage

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Toni Stone Reviews

Washington Post - Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

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