As part of an ongoing celebration of Black history, earlier this month, Google had an animated doodle of Toni Stone, the first female professional baseball player, on the top of its homepage. Too few, however, know the face and name of this formidable trailblazer, despite Stone being inducted into the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. The remarkable athlete is the subject of the Alliance Theatre’s new production “Toni Stone,” playing through Feb. 27. Director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and actor Kedren Spencer, who portrays Toni, joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about the play that holds high the torch for the brave Stone and her many feats of athleticism.
Interview highlights:
Why isn’t Toni Stone a household name?
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