Center Rep's production of "The Great Leap" at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts follows a University of San Francisco men’s basketball team traveling to Beijing for an exhibition game in 1989, a time with escalating student protests as the communist country struggles with the post-Cultural Revolution.
“The Great Leap” takes place on a set that doesn’t change with only four actors moving about the space. Though it makes minimal use of props, the play never stopped being captivating and exciting.