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I Play Rocky

Preview screening and Q&A with actor Tracy Letts on Nov. 8

2026. 128 m. Peter Farrelly. Amazon MGM Studios. US. English. Rated PG-13.

From Academy Award-winner Peter Farrelly (Green Book), I Play Rocky tells the electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told “no” at every turn, Sylvester Stallone (played by newcomer Anthony Ippolito) bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie. Also starring Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass, AnnaSophia Robb, and Matt Dillon.

I Play Rocky opens for a run on November 20.

"I Play Rocky is a resounding success, one that captures that hopeful positivity and ingenuity that made Rocky the iconic movie it is. "
Therese Lacson, Collider
"Ippolito... nails the garbled, rumbling diction, hangdog expression and hulking physicality of Stallone while never losing sight of his insecurities at this unproven point in his career."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

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Q&A with actor and playwright Tracy Letts

Q&A with actor and playwright Tracy Letts

Sunday, Nov. 8 2026, 2:00

  • Tracy Letts is a multifaceted award-winning actor and playwright. Letts will next be seen in Amazon MGM Studios’ I Play Rocky, Netflix’s limited series East of Eden, Guy Nattiv’s thriller Harmonia for Bleecker Street, Apple's sci-fi action-thriller Liminal, and Netflix’s The God of the Woods. Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, which also won the Tony Award for Best Play. Other theater work includes his Tony Award winning portrayal as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? As playwright, his plays Bug, Killer Joe, and August: Osage County have all been adapted to film with Letts serving as screenwriter. Other plays written by Letts featured on Broadway include The Minutes in 2022 and Linda Vista in 2019. Some of Letts' prominent acting work in film includes roles in A House of Dynamite, Saturday Night, Ford v Ferrari, The Post, and Lady Bird.

Tickets: $20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)

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