Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

*Run time: 55min; no intermission

A psychic, a pizza man, and God walk into a bar– and end up in Katie Folger’s bed. Find out how on the sex trip gone wrong that is her EdFringe hit solo show exploring the perils and thrills of sex and singledom in the situationship era.

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man earned Folger a Best Actor win in 2024, was a pick by Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, and named a Top 10 Theatrical Moment by The Austin Chronicle. After sold out and five star runs in ATX, Los Angeles, and at the Edinburgh Fringe, Austin actress, writer, and comedienne Folger is back in LA with a fresh new version of the show that she’s yet to unveil for a public audience.

Lauded as “witty, wise and phenomenal at physical comedy” by NOHO Arts, Folger takes us on a jump down a rabbit hole of beginner’s sexual empowerment, “[commanding] the stage like a general leading troops into battle– if that battle were against societal expectations and prudish sensibilities” (Theatre Village UK).

After receiving a saucy, kismet “invitation to magic” from an old crush Lane for a week of sexy time in San Francisco, Katie packs her bags in the blink of an eye and heads to the west coast. But a stinging admission from Lane humbles her high hopes for hedonistic adventure. Feeling rejected and unsure of herself, Katie finds herself consumed with prospects of love and sex, rebelling against the roles she thinks she’s supposed to play—pious girlfriend, perfect wife—with a teen’s angst, mostly to no avail. But a seemingly lame, dead-end session with a psychic named White Raven gives unexpected way to that foreshadowed magic, setting Katie on a winding quest of sexual misadventure and discovery—a hippie cuddle-puddle, an illicit encounter with Lane’s bestie, a curious collision with a pizza man—that ultimately centers Katie, sans pizza man, in her own delectable narrative.

CREDITS

Katie Folger is an actress, writer, and comedienne from Austin and based in Los Angeles. Named Best Actor of 2024 by The Austin Chronicle, she is known for her bold and memorable performances spanning acclaimed indie films, hit TV shows, and internationally touring theatre. Inspired by longtime mentor Robert Redford, Katie's work challenges and nuances representation of women in media both in process and story.​

Her one-woman comedy, Getting In Bed with the Pizza Man—a racy, whip-smart comedy about sex, singledom, and self-liberation—was hailed as one of the Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Theatrical Moments of 2023 and was a top pick by Amy Poehler's Smart Girls. The show sold out runs in Austin and Los Angeles before earning five stars at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and led to performances alongside Amy Schumer in New Orleans and at Austin’s historic Paramount Theatre. She is currently penning her next script for development, a hybrid stage/screen project.

On screen, Katie broke out with ZERO CHARISMA (SXSW Audience Award) and has since appeared in RESULTS (Sundance), THE HONOR FARM (SXSW), FAMILY PORTRAIT (Locarno), and DEATH ON THE STREETS (Rotterdam). Other notable credits include DAY 5 (Amazon) and Robert Rodriguez’s FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Netflix). She frequently collaborates with notable Texas film figures including Richard Linklater, Andrew Bujalski, Bryan Poyser, Bob Byington, Karen Skloss, David Hartstein, Yen Tan, Vicky Boone, and the Austin Film Society.​

GBPM is directed by Matrex Kilgore and self-produced by Folger. Sound design is by Lacy Strong.

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