Word for Word and Z Space present
Absolutely Science Fiction!
Stories By Ray Bradbury & Kurt Vonnegut
Directed by Delia MacDougall
June 24 - July 19, 2026
in Z Below
In Kurt Vonnegut’s wildly irreverent “The Big Space F*ck,” civilization collapses in spectacular fashion. Humanity’s solution: launch a rocket packed with freeze-dried sperm toward the Andromeda Galaxy in one last attempt at survival. Meanwhile, an ordinary couple is stunned when their daughter sues them for the way they raised her, forcing a reckoning far closer to home.
In Ray Bradbury’s prophetic “The Veldt,” a family lives inside a fully automated “Happylife Home,” where machines anticipate their every need. But when their children become consumed by a virtual reality nursery projecting an African veldt, the boundaries between imagination and danger begin to dissolve.
Together, these razor-sharp classics explore technology, parenting, entitlement, and the terrifying comfort of convenience.
“Too much of anything isn’t good for anyone.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Veldt
Schedule
Previews: Wed 6/24 and Thur 6/25, 7pm | Fri 6/26 8pm
Opening Night: Sat 6/27, 8pm
Run of Show: 6/28 - 7/19 | Wed & Thurs, 7pm | Fri & Sat, 8pm | Sun 2pm
(no show on Sat 7/4, extra matinee Sat 7/11 at 2pm)
Performed with permission of Ray Bradbury Literary Works LLC. THE VELDT was originally published as “The World the Children Made” in the Saturday Evening Post © 1950 by the Curtis Publishing Company, renewed 1977 by Ray Bradbury.
"The Big Space Fuck" by Kurt Vonnegut. Copyright © 1972 by Kurt Vonnegut, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.
Cast
Christian Jimenez
Hannah Mae Sturges*
Joel Mullennix*+
Nicole Odell
Ryan Tasker*+
Production
Scenic Design: Kate Boyd
Sound Design: Cliff Caruthers
Costume Design: Nolan Miranda
Assistant Costume Design: Armando Breiz
Lighting Design: Jim Cave
Projections: Ray Oppenheimer
Props Design: Sydney Parcell
Stage Manager: Trinity Wicklund
*Member, Actors Equity Association
+Member, Word for Word Core Company
Word for Word is proud to support the Children’s Book Project, which provides books to children, advancing equity in literacy, learning, and life. Please bring a new or gently used children’s book to donate during the run of the show, and help support this worthy cause. Learn more here.
