MUNGO!
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...after a string of 6 sold out shows at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival
Van Lingle Mungo
Toes the Mound for Four More Starts in May of '18
He was a man who once boxed with Ernest Hemingway, struck out Babe Ruth and created an international incident when one of his nighttime “amours” came fully equipped with a jealous husband and a squadron of rifle-wielding Cuban Federales. He threw hard and drank even harder, cutting a wide, colorful swath through the barrooms, boudoirs and baseball diamonds of the 1930s. He was Van Lingle Mungo—pitcher/fighter/cad/husband/father and one of the most memorable characters in Major League baseball history.
And now, from the Great Beyond, he is determined to tell his own version of the truth in MUNGO!, a one-man show opening in May of 2018.
Written by James Harmon Brown and Marc Peter Reyna, directed by George Lockwood and performed by Reyna the play will transport us back to baseball during the Great Depression, channeling Mungo's rise from the sandlots of South Carolina to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn then on to the Polo Grounds in New York City, pausing in between to chronicle the personal and professional highs and lows of a world-class character and semi-great pitcher. Van would be inclined to remove the “semi” but then he always did stretch the truth a little bit.
After our sold out run at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival - MUNGO! is back at The Complex-Hollywood in the Ruby Theater for 4 performances - Friday, May 11 - Saturday, May 12 - Friday, May 18 - Saturday May 19. All performances start at 8:00 p.m. and run one hour. There be an informal reception in the theater lobby on Opening Night May 11th.
Cracker Jacks will be available on request. Booing and cheering is optional but you should be warned that Van has a temper. In any case, he promises to show y'all a good time. Guaranteed!
The Complex is at 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90033
Tickets are available at https://mungo.brownpapertickets.com
Van Lingle Mungo
Toes the Mound for Four More Starts in May of '18
He was a man who once boxed with Ernest Hemingway, struck out Babe Ruth and created an international incident when one of his nighttime “amours” came fully equipped with a jealous husband and a squadron of rifle-wielding Cuban Federales. He threw hard and drank even harder, cutting a wide, colorful swath through the barrooms, boudoirs and baseball diamonds of the 1930s. He was Van Lingle Mungo—pitcher/fighter/cad/husband/father and one of the most memorable characters in Major League baseball history.
And now, from the Great Beyond, he is determined to tell his own version of the truth in MUNGO!, a one-man show opening in May of 2018.
Written by James Harmon Brown and Marc Peter Reyna, directed by George Lockwood and performed by Reyna the play will transport us back to baseball during the Great Depression, channeling Mungo's rise from the sandlots of South Carolina to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn then on to the Polo Grounds in New York City, pausing in between to chronicle the personal and professional highs and lows of a world-class character and semi-great pitcher. Van would be inclined to remove the “semi” but then he always did stretch the truth a little bit.
After our sold out run at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival - MUNGO! is back at The Complex-Hollywood in the Ruby Theater for 4 performances - Friday, May 11 - Saturday, May 12 - Friday, May 18 - Saturday May 19. All performances start at 8:00 p.m. and run one hour. There be an informal reception in the theater lobby on Opening Night May 11th.
Cracker Jacks will be available on request. Booing and cheering is optional but you should be warned that Van has a temper. In any case, he promises to show y'all a good time. Guaranteed!
The Complex is at 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90033
Tickets are available at https://mungo.brownpapertickets.com
