Z Space is a multifaceted performance space, theater production company, and community arts hub located in the Mission District of San Francisco.
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OFF The Page - Kevin Barry
Offsite at the Town Hall Theatre Company in Lafayette, CA
Tuesday, April 23, 7PM
Directed by Paul Finocchiaro
Word for Word’s Upcoming Full Production
Who’s-Dead McCarthy
June 26 - July 21 at Z Below
Directed by Word for Word Core Company Member Paul Finocchiaro and featuring the stories “Who’s-Dead McCarthy,” “The Wintersongs,” and “The Coast of Leitrim.”
GAME: NIGHTZ @ Z
A Fun, Free Event
Thursday, April 25
6:00pm – 10:00pm
in the Z Space Lobby
For this installment of NightZ @ Z, we’re inviting gamers of all kinds to bring your favorite board game, your DnD group, your Magic cards, and of course your friends to enjoy our full bar, spacious lobby, and theater space. We'll provide a bunch of games for your enjoyment as well.
Prose and Confluence
A Queer Cowboy Musical
April 22, Monday, 8pm
Produced by Klanghaus and Co-Presented with Shotgun Players, Z Space and San Francisco Playhouse with support from CounterPulse
Prose and Confluence is a queer cowboy musical, featuring an original score and script, that playfully explores themes of loss, mourning, and understanding.
The 8th Best Legs in San Francisco present:
SEX, CAMP, ROCK ‘N ROLL
April 26-28, 2024, 8pm at Z Below
Thoroughly humorous, deeply vulnerable and exceedingly fantastical, Sex, Camp, Rock ‘N Roll is a musical cabaret fantasy that boldly explores sexuality and sex work in a raw, bareback fashion. Weaving together a night of story, song, & sensuality, Ryan Patrick Welsh, aka the 8th Best Legs in San Francisco, bares all about their triumphs and struggles as a queer sex worker in the modern age.
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Performance Company presents
CIGARRA & GUERREIRAS NESSA ARTE
The legacy of an Afro-Brazilian female trailblazer
May 3 to 5, 2024
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Witness Capoeira’s spellbinding ritual unfold as Mestra Cigarra shares her pathbreaking ascent through the art’s male-dominated ranks, and the stories of those who’ve inherited her legacy, through dance, film, and martial arts. See guest artists from Brazil, and the ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Performance Company embody her lineage through Capoeira and the traditional music and dances of maculelê, jongo, and samba de roda.
Thrillride Mechanics in association with Circuit Network presents a work-in-progress production
THE MECHANICS
May 4 & 5, 2pm, 2024
at Z Below
The Mechanics is a work-in-progress/unplugged production of Thrillride Mechanics in residence at Z Space, in collaboration with The Cosmic Elders and Circuit Network. It is the story of ride mechanics in Coney Island who discover an astonishing secret about the cosmology of the famed Cyclone Rollercoaster and all the other amusements the world over, told in TM's signature wacky mashup of human cartooning, multimedia antics and emotional magic tricks.
Fresh Meat Production presents:
FRESH CONVERSATIONS
Up Close and Personal with Cecilia Chung & Tita Aida, Hosted by Anand Kalrahe Mechanics
May 9, Thursday, 7pm, 2024
at Z Below
FRESH CONVERSATIONS is a Community Conversation between Cecilia Chung & Nicky “Tita Aida” Calma, moderated by Anand Kalra! This is a very special and rare opportunity to hear about the lives and trailblazing work of longtime community heroes Cecilia and Nicky — hosted by Anand (Executive Director, Queer Cultural Center).
CCSF Theatre Arts presents
AFTER THE WAR BLUES
May 10 to 12 2024
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
1948. San Francisco’s Fillmore District, to some the "Harlem of the West", to others “Japanese Town”. Racial tensions simmer, love triangles soar, and the wrecking ball looms as each community feels the weight of the past and the pressure of an uncertain future.
Z Space provides artists a place to develop and present innovative performance pieces, in a variety of different genres from many diverse voices. We value bravery and the right of artists to express themselves freely. To that end, the opinions and beliefs expressed by artists in our venue do not necessarily reflect those of Z Space, nor of our staff.
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