“TO BEAT ME, YOU’VE GOT TO BE GREATER THAN GREAT”

Inky, a young nanny caring for the children of a self-centered, pretentious couple bent on having it all, just happens to have an intense infatuation with Muhammad Ali. You’ll find her jabbing and sparring as she models the one and only great Muhammad Ali. But this play isn’t about boxing. Inky encompasses a complex array of traits: soft-spoken, maternal, intuitive; yet also driven, conniving, and ambitious. Yet her infatuation with Muhammad Ali and with boxing skews her outlook on life and her interactions with those around her.

Inky’s skewed outlook on life leads to a lot of laughs. If you are a young girl and Inky is your nanny, you can be sure that other kids won’t pick on you more than once. But Inky doesn’t stop there, helping a young girl protect herself. She, like her idol, wants to fight! She wants to better her life and the lives of those she cares about, and she’s not afraid to use blackmail to achieve her goals.

Inky Pittsburgh Theater off the wall Theater
Abby Quattro – Photo by Heather Mull
Inky, in her fighting spirit, causes more commotion than Barbara and Greg, the love-starved parents, dreamed possible. Is it enough to pack a punch on their life? Or will Barbara and Greg continue on their quest for the penthouse lifestyle?

Inky | playing May 2 – May 17, 2014 | BUY TICKETS NOW

Written by Rinne Groff – Directed by Ingrid Sonnichsen

With: Tony Bingham*, Abby Quattro*, Adrienne Wehr* and on alternating nights Evangelina Paul and Layla Wyoming

off the WALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | a Pittsburgh Theater

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