The Rod Serling Archive at the Bundy Museum Presents

Requiem for a Heavyweight poster needed

In The Zone:
Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"

Hosted by Michael Pipher (Serling Archivist & Historian)
* Special guest Christopher Benedict (Author)

Thursday October 14th, 2021
Doors open at 5:30PM
Program starts at 6PM
Free admission

Located in the Bundy Museum Annex Theatre
(Behind the Museum)

To help fight COVID-19, safe social distancing guidelines and masks are required for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated visitors.


Program Schedule

  • a showcase all 10 framed set design sketches, and the large birds eye view of the entire production on soundstage.

  • Many Requiem posters and collectibles will also be on display.

Screening and Discussion

  • segments from the “Playhouse 90” episode (Oct. 11, 1956) will be screened with a break for the audience to look at how the set design sketches storyboard the entire episode.

Christopher Benedict Book Discussion

  • Special guest speaker Christopher Benedict discusses his book on Rod Serling's boxing and his published programs on boxing.