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Returning for 2024!

The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
Monday January 29, 7pm
Z Below
Directed by Gendell Hing-Hernández

“Only connect” was the central moral imperative in the works of writer E. M. Forster, and he saw the rise of the machine  as a furthering of the disconnect between man and nature. The future world he imagined over a hundred years ago is eerily similar to the direction our world is heading today, a world in which, “the clumsy system of public gatherings had been abandoned”, and the custom of touching one another “had become obsolete”, a world in which humanity communicates chiefly through the cyber working of The Machine.

Presenting Z Space 2024 Artist-in-Residence Austin Dean Ashford’s two innovative works in rep:

(I)SLAND T(RAP)

A hip-hop riff about Black Ulysses on an Odyssey of self-discovery and a powerful exploration of a young artist of color navigating the turbulent waters of contemporary American culture while trying to find his authentic voice.

AND

BLACK BOOK

Welcome to Melvin Tolson High School—it's summer school, it's hot, the barbwire fence is fixed, and a young African American boy has been shot, leaving his group of friends reeling from the loss and wondering if their voices can ever be heard.

From February 1st - 10th
At Z Below

New Performance Traditions/Paul Dresher Ensemble present:

THE REBIRTH OF APSARA

February 4, 2024, 3pm on Z Space’s Steindler Stage

The Rebirth of Apsara is a full-length dance/theatre work that investigates the relationship between art and war exploring how Cambodian arts and in particular Apsaras, fabled female celestial beings, have embodied the essence of Cambodian culture from ancient mythology to its post genocide resurrection. Created and choreographed by Charya Burt with a commissioned score by Chinary Ung and text by Kalean Ung, and additional Music and Music Direction by Paul Dresher. Music performed by Joel Davel, Paul Dresher, Susan Ung and Vân-Ánh Võ.

San Francisco Girls Chorus presents:

JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS

March 9, 7:30 PM & March 10, 2:00 PM
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage

The San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC), led by Conductor Valérie Sainte-Agathe, presents its Premier Ensemble in a semi-staged performance of Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans at Z Space.

SFBATCO presents

SIGN MY NAME TO FREEDOM

The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin

March 28 to April 13, 2024
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage

How do you chronicle 102 years of life? Flood survivor, racial integrator, World War II defense worker, business owner, activist, revolutionary, songwriter, and… park ranger? Bay Area icon Betty Reid Soskin has survived it all, and in this World Premier musical based on her life, acclaimed playwright Michael Gene Sullivan weaves Soskin’s original music in and out of the play’s dialogue.

Open Position at Z Space!

YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER

Word for Word Performing Arts Company is currently hiring a Youth Arts Program Manager to work in tandem with the Director of Youth Arts to run approximately eight annual in-school residencies and one summer camp for K - 12th grade students in Santa Clara, Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, and Sonoma counties.

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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