"Word for Word’s powers of transformation, its essential theatricality, comes through and gratifies..."
—Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle

"Word for Word’s wonderful productions make me feel that I am a smarter and better writer than I can possibly be."
—Greg Sarris

“If you’re a short story writer, one of the coolest things that can happen to your work is to have Word for Word translate it to the stage."
—Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle

November 13 through December 8
in Z Below

Word for Word brings the celebrated and enigmatic Japanese author to Z Below with a haunting and atmospheric take on his short story, “The Strange Library.”

This is like nothing else Haruki Murakami has ever written—the story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library. This work will strike you as the stuff of dreams—or nightmares!