BARON OF BROWN STREET by Eric Mansfield

Lenny King, a homeless man living alone in a tent under Akron’s Brown Street bridge, becomes an overnight celebrity after a newspaper story details Lenny’s kind heart in forgiving three teens who set him on fire and laughed at his pain. Enduring the physical and emotional scars of a man abused by life and his own bad decisions, Lenny must now fend off strangers looking to exploit him for their own publicity and others from his past looking to help him and reconnect. (Inspired by true events.)

Light-hearted, gritty, and yet dramatically poignant, The Baron of Brown Street turns the tables on those quick to pass judgment based on where someone chooses to lay their head while providing deep insight into the heart of a man torn between continuing his simple life of homeless depression or choosing one last chance at redemption.

• Cast Size: 9M, 7W (or minimum of 4M, 2W with doubling)
• Genre: Drama
• Approx runtime: 90 minutes
• $75 per performance

*Cover design by Cennidie Hall