Park Slope performer Paul Boocock and director
Mary Catherine Burke unveil their second collaboration, "Boocock’s
House of Baseball" at the Flea Theater in Manhattan on June
30.
The hour-long one-man-show, "Boocock’s House of Baseball,"
examines contemporary American politics through the world of
baseball. Boocock’s performance style incorporates stand-up,
physical comedy and monologues as he tells the redemptive stories
of Derek Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, Jason Giambi, Darryl
Strawberry and Doc Gooden – not to mention the family-swapping
between Yankee pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich in the
early ’70s.
Burke and Boocock’s first show together, "BOOCOCK=VP,"
played to sold-out houses at The American Living Room Series
at HERE last year. Boocock (pictured), formerly of the comedy
duo Premium Bob, is the voice of Dr. Jonas Venture in the Cartoon
Network’s "Venture Brothers" and is a member of Elevator
Repair Service.
Performances of "Boocock’s House of Baseball" are Thursdays
through Saturdays at 9 pm, from June 30 through July 23, at The
Flea Theater [41 White St. between Broadway and Church Street
in Manhattan, (212) 352-3101]. Tickets are $15. For more information,
visit Boocock’s Web site at www.paulboocock.com.
