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*Uzo Aduba will take on the title role in the world premiere of Toni Stone, about the real life pitcher who in 1945 became the first woman to go pro in the Negro Leagues, enduring discriminatory treatment from her male teammates.
Pam MacKinnon, a Tony winner for the 2012 revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The play is based on Martha Ackmann’s book, Curveball, The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone.
Toni Stone will begin performances at the Laura Pels Theatre in May 2019, with exact dates to be announced, as well as additional cast on both productions. The two plays were commissioned by Roundabout.
Aduba’s upcoming role follows two Emmys for her run as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.”
She made her Broadway debut in Coram Boy in 2007, returning in the 2011 revival of Godspell, and made her London stage debut in a 2016 West End revival of Jean Genet’s The Maids.
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