The Pilon at The Edge Off Broadway

Red Theater presents the world premiere of

The Pilon

by Zach Barr

directed by Jessica Love

The Edge Off Broadway

1133 W. Catalpa Ave

October 25 - November 23, 2025

Mondays & Thursdays - Saturdays @ 7:30P, Sundays @ 3P

Previews October 22 - 24 @ 7:30P

In Fall 2019, the market for basketball cards has never been more volatile – mint condition samples sell for five figures, and the selling and buying of cards has become a fraternal pursuit like no other. Caught in the center of this market is Corbin, the co-owner of a Seattle card shop, doing his best to keep the business afloat along with his aunt, Rhonda. But when a transgender teenage boy, Griffey, pulls a potentially game-changing card in the shop, the ensuing scramble to buy and sell it reveals the fissures around why men collect cards in the first place – and how they aim to define themselves as masculine by doing so.

A meditation on how we build our identity by following or running from other peoples' examples, featuring a queer love story, intergenerational trans friendship, characters overhauling their own identities, and the greatest dream of all: Seattle getting an NBA team again.

- New Play Exchange