Wicked Good, A South Shore Anthology: Story-teller Dan Rodricks to perform his one-man play in April

Excerpted from The Brockton Enterprise:

Dan Rodricks, an East Bridgewater native and long-term journalist, will perform a one-man play, “Wicked Good: A South Shore Anthology,” in April to benefit a scholarship fund for high school students in his Massachusetts hometown. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for students.

The play features humorous and poignant monologues about Rodricks’ experiences, season by season, growing up on the South Shore. It also includes music and projected imagery.

The performance is scheduled for Saturday, April 11 at 7 pm at the Judith A. Riordan Performing Arts Center at East Bridgewater Junior-Senior High School.

Born in Brockton, Dan Rodricks is a graduate of East Bridgewater High School. He wrote a long-running column for The Baltimore Sun and hosted radio and television shows during his journalism career. In recent years, he has written and performed plays about Baltimore, highlighted by Baltimore magazine for his story-telling abilities.

Dan Rodricks wrote a column for The Baltimore Sun from January 1979 until January 2025. It was believed to be the longest-running local column in the U.S., with more than 6,600 columns written.

In addition to his newspaper work, Rodricks was a radio and television host and created The Sun’s first podcast, “Roughly Speaking.” He has also authored three books, including “Father’s Day Creek: Fly fishing, fatherhood and the last best place on Earth.”

Rodricks has also found success writing for the stage. His plays “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” and “Baltimore Docket” played to sell-out audiences at the Baltimore Museum of Art’s 360-seat theater. Both plays are based on his work as a reporter and columnist for The Sun. His third play, “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966,” was to premiere at the BMA in March.

“Wicked Good” is a benefit performance for the the Anne Kenneally Hynes Memorial Scholarship in East Bridgewater. The scholarship fund has awarded more than $76,000 to qualifying East Bridgewater graduating seniors since 2014. The scholarship was created to honor Anne Kenneally Hynes, a longtime East Bridgewater High School librarian.

Tickets for the play are available on Eventbrite.

For more information, contact the Anne Kenneally Hynes Memorial Scholarship Committee at info@annehynesscholarship.org or visit annehynesscholarship.org.