written and performed by ezra lebank
directed by pete betcher
video by pete betcher
Performed in living rooms, basements, and garages – possibly yours – PITCH is a multi-media satire about a guy who sets out on a road trip to persuade people to join an underground coalition that will indelibly change America. Equipped with a little determination, a couple fake identities, and a trunk full of dynamite, nothing can stop him now. PITCH is the story of a new American dream.
Curbside brings innovative entertainment to uncommon spaces. We play with mixed forms of movement, language, and narrative to frisk unusual theatrical terrain.
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BIO: Ezra LeBank (writer/performer) has performed and devised theatre, film, dance, and physical theatre around the world to critical acclaim. Original work includes: {Extinguish.}, Fresh Air, Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Debate, Riddle Me This, Side Dish: A Vaudeville Show, Mixed Metaphors, Making Epsom Salt Dissolve, The History of a Hand, Resurrection Day, and PITCH. He has taught at Vassar College, Smith College, SUNY Purchase, The Juilliard School, The University of Montana, and is currently Head of Movement at California State University, Long Beach. Training: Acting Conservatory, SUNY Purchase; MFA in Theatre, Smith College; Diploma in Commedia Dell’Arte, Ars Comica. {Extinguish.} was one of four plays to receive FIVE STARS from The List at the 2010 Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, and was named the “#2 Next Big Thing” from the festival.
sections of text credited in the show to Martin Luther King Jr. and the Beatles were written by Martin Luther King Jr., John Lennon and Paul McCartney. These excerpts have been rearranged outside of the context of their original intent, and may include changes from their original wording.
thank you to everyone for their help with video and audio (and everything else!)
*disclaimer: the characters and events portrayed in PITCH are entirely fictional, and any association to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. the makers of PITCH do not support, condone, or encourage the use of explosive devices. no animals were harmed in the making of this show.
