Details

Jack 'Kid' Berg, the great British-Jewish boxing champion of the 1920s-40s, along with Italian-American boxer, Tony Canzoneri, and Afro-Cuban boxer, 'Kid' Chocolate shared a common experience growing up in poverty-stricken immigrant communities, where the only ticket out was either a life of crime or the boxing arena. Selected partially-staged scenes from this new and unique multimedia opera-in-progress by Berg's cousin, Howard Fredrics and Jacob Sager Weinstein introduce the audience to the dramatic conflicts and colorful twists of fate that befell these celebrated pugilistic pioneers. An opera in progress

Cast/Performers

Andrew O'Connor (Jack 'Kid' Berg), Sani Muliaumaseali'i ('Kid' Chocolate), Eliot Alderman (Ted 'Kid' Lewis / Tony Canzoneri), Ann De Renais (Kiki Roberts), Lori Joachim Fredrics (Moira Berg), Michael Round (piano), Howard Fredrics (electronics)

Creatives/Company

Music: Howard Fredrics
Lyrics: Jacob Sager Weinstein