# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio’s Own Branch Rickey
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 23 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Experience “Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio’s Own Branch Rickey,” a compelling one-act play about the baseball executive who changed the game and American life through his historic partnership with Jackie Robinson.

Written by Jerry Holt and directed by and starring Geoffrey Nelson, “Rickey” finds Branch in a mood of reminiscence, causing him to vividly recreate for the audience a time when, despite prejudice from fans and players alike, the game of baseball was the catalyst for America to come together.

The October 23 performance falls on the 81st anniversary of Robinson’s first contract signing with Rickey in 1945, the agreement that began the process of integrating Major League Baseball.

Presented by the Shawnee State University Center for Public History, this program is funded in part by the America250-Ohio Commission.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/rickey-the-life-and-amazing-times-of-southern-ohios-own-branch-rickey/200030707444636
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portsmouth
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Vern Riffe Center for the Arts
- **lat**: 38.731638560012
- **long**: -82.994351762489
- **full address**: Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, 940 2nd St,Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio’s Own Branch Rickey
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio s Own Branch Rickey being held?
  - **A:** Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio s Own Branch Rickey takes place on Fri, 23 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 23 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, 940 2nd St,Portsmouth, Ohio, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio s Own Branch Rickey?
  - **A:** Rickey: The Life and Amazing Times of Southern Ohio s Own Branch Rickey is organized by Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

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