{"id":11,"date":"2024-06-22T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebzbproductions.ebzb.org\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-11-04T05:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:13:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-large-font-size has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:565px;aspect-ratio:16\/9;min-height:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1755\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sc010991a6_med_hr.jpeg\" style=\"object-position:53% 18%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"53% 18%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sc010991a6_med_hr.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sc010991a6_med_hr-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">About Eb + zB<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b9fd4ba0e3c406a4c1ddee80259290f8\">About EbzB Productions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cEac-X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SUBSCRIBE FOR PATRON UPDATES<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebzb-your-world-is-our-stage.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>News and Reviews<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/biographies\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1443\"><strong>Artist Biographies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OUR MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-prata-regular-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">EbzB Productions, Inc. strives to develop original, touring theatrical productions to promote authenticity and integrity, self-discovery, and positive transformation of individuals, artists, audiences, and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ABOUT US<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-prata-regular-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 1998 by Serena <strong>Eb<\/strong>hardt and David <strong>z<\/strong>um <strong>B<\/strong>runnen, EbzB Productions, Inc., believes that the performing arts encourage positive transformation through discoveries unveiled immediately and over time. EbzB teaching artists are also dedicated to promoting dramatic art as a valuable educational tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-prata-regular-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">EbzB Productions has been recognized by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association for its, \u201cexcellence, its exemplary work and significant contribution to the dramatic arts,\u201d in the state with the Hardee-Rives Award for Dramatic Arts. The company was also presented with the Constance Welsh Theatre for Youth Award by the North Carolina Theatre Conference due to the company\u2019s acclaimed work with students and families in arts integration in the state. EbzB also received three Telly Awards for the national broadcast of&nbsp;<em>The Night Before Christmas Carol<\/em>&nbsp;on public television. Co-founders Serena Ebhardt and&nbsp;David zum Brunnen are teaching artists trained under The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\u2019 Artists as Teachers program; they work with other artists in guiding them to create locally-based oral histories adapted for the stage. EbzB Productions\u2019 work in this field has been recognized and endorsed by numerous state and local agencies, including the North Carolina Arts Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-center has-prata-regular-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\"><blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--work-sans-regular); font-size: clamp(0.984em, -0.1876em + 0.984rem + 0.938vw, 1.5em);\"><strong>We are ever-grateful to our many &#8220;Balcony People&#8221; who have watched over us; who have patiently trained, nurtured, guided, recommended, and promoted us in our performing arts careers. We are now inspired to pay every bit of your kindness forward to the next generation of artists and audiences.<\/strong><\/span><br><\/p><cite>-Serena Ebhardt &amp; David zum Brunnen<br>Co-Founders of EbzB Productions<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border is-style-rounded\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"David zum Brunnen and Serena Ebhardt. Longleaf Film Festival 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-1635\" style=\"border-width:2px;width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SD-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David zum Brunnen &amp; Serena Ebhardt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About EbzB Productions OUR MISSION STATEMENT EbzB Productions, Inc. strives to develop original, touring theatrical productions to promote authenticity and integrity, self-discovery, and positive transformation of individuals, artists, audiences, and communities. 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