‘Boys of Summer: Short Stop’ with Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania
Watch this moving, multigenerational documentary exclusively at The Lindsay.
May 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
The Lindsay is once again partnering with Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania to show a very special documentary.
Boys of Summer: Short Stop is the third installment in a four-part series from filmmaker Robert Cochrane, Ph.D., chronicling precious time spent with his father, Dan Cochrane, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2001.
Short Stop will play at The Lindsay on Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. All tickets to this event are discounted to $8.75 each. Robert Cochrane will participate in a virtual Q&A immediately following the screening.
“I hope viewers will engage with us like we are members of their family—or neighbors, to put it in Mister Rogers terms,” says Cochrane. “The greatest compliments are that people laughed, cried, thought and are inspired to do more with their own family.”
Cochrane is the founder and CEO of Yes, And…eXercise!, a nonprofit dedicated to motivating and inspiring people impacted by Parkinson’s to gain confidence, connect with others, and discover joy through improvisation and storytelling.
After his father’s diagnosis, Robert and Dan set off on a two-month, 20,000-mile baseball road trip that he made into the 2004 documentary Boys of Summer: First Base. Boys of Summer: Second Base followed in 2014, with Short Stop coming in 2020. Part four, Boys of Summer: Third Base, will premiere later this month at the World Parkinson Congress in Phoenix, Arizona.
Short Stop picks up almost two decades after Dan’s initial diagnosis. He struggles at times with losing pieces of himself and accepting support as his disease advances. This time, Robert’s son, Giuseppe, joins him and Dan on an adventure as they get MVP treatment at Dodger Stadium, Petco Park and the Oakland Coliseum.
The film explores what happens between the big moments, capturing quiet struggles, inside jokes and the unspoken weight of time passing. Short Stop also features an appearance from late Pirates legend Dave Parker, who lived with Parkinson’s disease for 13 years before his death in June 2025.
Cochrane also already shown Short Stop more than 30 times this year in a variety of settings nationwide. It has received rapturous acclaim from those audiences, who gave Short Stop an average of 4.7/5 stars. Of those viewers, 99% said they would recommend Cochrane’s film to others.
This screening is being presented in partnership with Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania, a local nonprofit that provides services, support and education for those living with Parkinson’s disease and their families. The Lindsay and PFWPA previously collaborated to show the 2023 documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, about the Back to the Future actor who was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991.
“We hope that those affected by Parkinson’s feel a sense of hope despite the many challenges the disease presents,” says Casey Peluso, PFWPA’s vice president of programs and outreach, about this Short Stop event. “The collaboration between Robert Cochrane and The Lindsay Theater is very special because it not only brings awareness of Parkinson’s, but it shows that there is a community of support.”
Robert Cochrane believes that “movie theaters are sacred space” and the ideal venue to experience his family’s story. “It’s an amazing and all-too-rare opportunity to share a communal experience in the dark with people we don’t know and remember how we’re much more alike than different.”
