Dwight "Doc" Gooden will share career highs and lows at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, April 10

Dwight "Doc" Gooden's story transcends baseball. The four-time MLB All-Star an, three-time World Series champion, Dwight "Doc" Gooden is ready to take his painfully honest message of addiction and recovery to teens and their families in a special event at The Playhouse on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. With fresh and sober eyes, he will share the most intimate moments of his life – from the highs and lows of his three World Series rings to the endless self-destructive drug binges. This event is part of the "Get Real" Series for Families & Teens, 
Hamlet Hub's A Whole New You Series
and the Moffly Media Entertaining Conversations Series. It is underwritten by Ridgefield Prevention Council - Family University and Rudy & Sally Ruggles with partial underwriting by Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism (MCCA), Reliance Merchant Services 
and The Tutoring Club, and with general support of the Housatonic Valley Coalition Against Substance Abuse, Inc. and the financial support of the State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Known for his triumphs on the baseball field and his excesses off it, Gooden was a soft-spoken, dominating wünderkind who tallied a mountain of strikeouts while leading the 1986 bad-boy New York Mets to a World Series win. Even at that pinnacle, Gooden had already succumbed to addiction that would short-circuit his career and personal life. From his childhood in Tampa raised by a father who was an alcoholic womanizer, to the recent experience of overcoming his own demons on the show Celebrity Rehab, Gooden's message will inspire teens and parents alike.

Dwight Gooden won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 1984, as he led the league in strikeouts. He went on to win the NL Cy Young Award and a Triple Crown in 1985. While a member of the Yankees, Gooden threw a no-hitter in 1996.

For tickets ($10), call or visit the box office at The Ridgefield Playhouse, (203) 438-5795. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT; ridgefieldplayhouse.org.