Beginning Friday, April 25
Over 20 years ago traffic came to a standstill on Peach Street as one of the most notorious crimes in Erie’s history played out: The Pizza Bomber affair. We’ll spare you the lurid details, which have been recounted by numerous journalists, authors, and TV programs, on account of the incident’s wildly unpredictable and complex unfolding. Yet two decades later, the story still fascinates, and for David Durst, that fascination would culminate in him becoming the writer, director, and producer of The Pizza Bomber Play, a Devoted Surrender.
Written over the course of a handful of years, before its first production in 2023, the play will be newly staged at Basement Transmissions, under the auspices of owner Bob Jenson, starting in late April, with performances on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as Sunday afternoons, into mid-May…