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February 13-19, 2003 artpicks The Dreyfuss Affair: A Love StoryTrends are so odd. Who would have predicted two plays about gay baseball players in the same season? OK, to be fair, one is in New York. But even as the much-acclaimed Take Me Out prepares to reopen on Broadway following its run at the Public Theater, here in our own back lot we've got The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story. In Dreyfus, Peter Lefcourt tells the story of Randy Dreyfus, a handsome shortstop whose picture-perfect life -- soaring career, wonderful wife and kids, love affair with the media -- explodes with the revelation of his affair with D. J. Pickett, an African-American second baseman who, um, plays for the same team. As the title suggests, the story has been structured to echo the famous Dreyfus Affair in turn-of-the-century France, an incident resonant with mass outrage, prejudice (in this case, anti-Semitism) and, ultimately, heroic intervention by writer Emile Zola, whose celebrated "J'accuse" editorial remains a model denunciation of hypocrisy. For this one-night-only staged reading of Dreyfus, Theatre Exile has assembled quite the All-Star ballclub. Joe Canuso adapted Lefcourt's novel and directs, and the supporting cast includes Bruce Graham, Harry Philibosian, Sonja Robson and Tony Lawton. Best of all, as Randy, fresh from his triumph in the Arden's production of All My Sons, we have Philadelphia's own MVP, Ian Merrill Peakes. By all means, take in Take Me Out. But let's also root for the home team with Dreyfus. And what a bargain -- seats are only $10, with a discussion and reception to follow. Batter up! The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story, Mon., Feb. 17, 7 p.m., $10, Theatre Exile at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., 215-922-4462. 
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