The Broken Jump at Where Eagles Dare Theatre

Baby Hippopotamus Productions presents The Broken Jump, by King Talent, at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre from 21 Jul - 5 Aug 2007, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.

The Broken Jump tells the story of a small-time vaudeville comic who has spent twenty years pursuing his dream of making the big-time and playing the Palace. He arrives in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the end of a broken jump (a 'split week,' as it were) not to find a stepping stone to success, but rather that a child performer has taken his headlining slot, a long lost love struggling to be re-ignited, a politician trying to make a name for himself by any means necessary and an epidemic outbreak of the Spanish influenza. Shaken to his core by these events, he must decide whether it's better to dream a dream he's always had or to live one he never knew existed.

Directed by J.B. Lawrence, The Broken Jump features Jack Boice, Greg Homison, Dan Hernandez, Caitlin Mehner and The Talented Talent Brothers: King Talent, Melissa Jo Talent, Matt 'Mo' Talent and Tony King.