By: Rajiv Joseph
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RUN TIME: about 2 hours with a 15 minute Intermission
King James
King James
The fortunes of the Cavaliers are about to change: The great LeBron James, the biggest star in basketball, is coming to Cleveland. But when superfan Matt’s latest business venture turns sour, he has to sell his most prized possession – his pair of Cavs season tickets. The buyer, Shawn, just sold his first short story – so watching his team in the flesh for the first time will be a sweet reward. Now just to figure out what to do with that second ticket. Thrown together by chance, the next 12 years prove as defining, dramatic, and sometimes heart-breaking for Matt and Shawn as they do for the Cavs – and for “King” LeBron James. Multi-award-winner Rajiv Joseph delivers a clever comedy that is an intimate exploration of the place that sports occupy in our lives and relationships.
KING JAMES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com
June 12-14, 2026
Sandefur Theatre
TBA
Shawn
TBA
Matt
Director: James Stover
Stage Manager:
Costume Designer: Kendra Strickland
Sound Designer: Eugene Rogers
Scenic Designers: Rob Leeper
Lighting Designer:
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph’s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama and also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. His play Guards at the Taj was a 2016 Obie winner for Best New American Play and a 2016 Lucille Lortel Winner for Best Play. His play Archduke received its world premiere in 2017 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Other plays include Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Monster at the Door, Animals Out of Paper, The Lake Effect, The North Pool, Mr. Wolf and Describe the Night.
Rajiv has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He is a board member of the Lark Play Development Center in New York City, where he develops all his plays.
He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal and now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
# student at The University of Akron
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Rubber City Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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