It's the bottom of the ninth, and the Humans are down by one. Nine-year-old Maria is on second, and Gerald, a retired highschool math teacher, steps up to the plate. A purple, two-headed monster winds up for the pitch, and the crowd holds its breath...
Monster Ball is a high-capacity, participatory live performance event that brings together intergenerational audiences around shared humor and drama. Designed as a simplified ball game between the Monsters (performers) and a team of community members, the event offers various ways to participate, from playing to spectating, and creates an accessible context in which friends, families and neighbors of all ages can struggle and triumph together.
