Z SPACE’S RESIDENCY Programs

Current Companies in Residency

Thrillride Mechanics

Photo by Kayleigh McCollum

Theatre Bay Area

 

Austin Dean Ashford

Technical Residencies

Our Technical Development Residency Program serves artists and new works that have limited access to technical and design resources and have few opportunities to spend adequate time developing their ideas in a fully equipped, professional theater. Z Space is one of the very few institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area to offer late-stage residencies across all performance disciplines that includes access to space, a fully equipped theater, and technical personnel. This program is currently fully funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Each residency lasts one to two weeks, depending on the artist's goals and needs. All activities take place on our versatile Steindler Stage, featuring quality lighting, sound and projection equipment, and a 42-foot by 64-foot playing space. In addition to uninterrupted time to explore ideas, Z Space provides full technical support and consultation with Z Space staff, as desired or warranted. Works-in-progress may be presented to the public, if the artist wishes, although residencies are not necessarily linked to public performances.

Technical Residencies are awarded by invitation only.

SOME PAST PARTICIPANTS OF Z SPACE’S TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY INCLUDE:

  • Aaron Landsman (City Council Meeting)

  • Chinaka Hodges

  • Printz Dance Project

  • Mugwumpin (The Great Big Also)

  • Miranda Jones (The Precipice)

  • University of Chichester UK

  • The Bengsons (Hundred Days)

  • Margo Hall and Marcus Shelby (Be Bop Baby: A Musical Memoir)

  • LEVYdance (Comfort Zone)

  • The Imaginists (Magic Circle Cycle)

  • Bad Unkl Sista

  • Sara Shelton Mann

  • Sarah Wilson (Catch Me Bird)

  • Amy Seiwert Imagery Dance

  • Libby King (Patti and the Kid)

  • Kim Epifano (Epiphany Dance)

 

  • Joe Goode Performance Group (Wonderboy and 29 Effeminate Gestures, HUSH)

  • Farah Shaikh (The Twentieth Wife)

  • David Herrera (Touch)

  • Youth Speaks (Spiritrials)

  • Opera Parallele (Heart of Darkness, Today it Rains)

  • Cornerstone Theater Ensemble (California: The Tempest)

  • Theatre Mitu (JUÁREZ: A Documentary Mythology)

  • Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (A House Tour)

  • Marc Bathmuti Joseph and Michael John Gárces (Pehlotah)

  • Elevator Repair Service (ARGUENDO)

  • The Kilbanes (Weightless)

  • Evan Johnson (Barn Owl)