Rounding Third at The Players Club of Swarthmore Hits a Home Run!

Theater: The Players Club of Swarthmore
Show: Rounding Third
Opened: April 4 2008
Seen: April 4, 2008
Submitted: April 15, 2008
Reviewer: Pat McGill

Normally, when someone mentions little league baseball, images of young kids under the age of 13 come to mind. But in Richard Dresser’s comedy Rounding Third, the focus is on the unlikely pair of fathers coaching their sons’ team together.

Don is a former athlete who has been coaching for years. He wants the team to win, and, not surprisingly, his son is the star pitcher. Mike is the new assistant coach and thinks that fun is playing, not winning. He knows little about the game and his son is the geeky kid with glasses who can't run, can't catch, and can't throw.

Humor abounds throughout as we see these polar opposites attempt to work together. As the season progresses, these two men begin to change their initial thoughts on one another. By the end a fantastic friendship has been formed.

T.J. DeLuca as Don and Matt Ellis as Mike were phenomenal. They work amazingly well together and they both have a great control over the set in such a small place.

Once again the Players Club has kept up their reputation of greatness. Rounding Third is definitely a must see!