A joint effort between the Public Theater and LAByrinth Theater Company, the series offers playwrights a developmental laboratory and theatregoers the opportunity to see emerging works for only $10 a ticket.

Juan and John officially opens Dec. 13 and will run through Dec. 20. Marc Anthony Thompson provides sound and video design. Smith and Thompson previously offered A Huey P. Newton Story at the Public in 1997.

According to press notes, "It's 1965 and there’s a riot going on. Watts and Vietnam are burning. So is La Republica Dominicana. In San Francisco, it’s the Giants vs. the Dodgers. Juan Marichal vs. John Roseboro. Cain vs. Abel."

Director Spike Lee adapted A Huey P. Newtown Story for the screen. Lee also cast Smith in his film "Do the Right Thing." Smith appeared in the film "American Gangster" and in his own stage productions of Frederick Douglass Now, Christopher Columbus 1992, Inside the Creole Mafia, Radio Mambo, The Watts Tower Project, Leftover Stories To Tell and Who Killed Bob Marley?

For tickets phone (212) 967-7555 or visit PublicTheater.

The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street in Manhattan.