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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Word for Word and Z Space present
The Strange Library
By Haruki Murakami
Directed by Lisa Hori-Garcia and Keiko Shimosato Carreiro
November 13 through December 8
in Z Below
Word for Word transforms Z Below into the macabre imaginings of the celebrated and enigmatic Japanese author Haruki Murakami. In his haunting and atmospheric short story, “The Strange Library,” a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep-man plot their escape from a secret, labyrinthian world.
This is the stuff of dreams—or nightmares!
SFDANCEWORKS SEASON 7
November 7 - 10
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
SFDanceworks continues to push the boundaries of contemporary dance by commissioning and presenting cutting-edge works that bridge the past, present, and future of the art form. For its seventh season, SFDanceworks has commissioned three distinctive pieces by choreographers at various stages in their careers: JA Collective, Rena Butler, and Marco Goecke.
SFDanceworks presents
A WORKSHOP ON MASTER CHOREOGRAPHER JIŘÍ KYLIÁN, GIVEN BY STAGER FIONA LUMMIS
Saturday, November 9, 2-4p
On Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Doors open at 1:30 for self warm up
DUELING PIANO KARAOKE: NIGHTZ @ Z
“The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Piano Bar in the Bay” hosted by Phil Wong and Adam Griffith
Monday, November 11
7pm – 10pm
In Z Space’s Lobby
Come join us in the Z Space Lobby as Phil Wong and Adam Griffith host “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Piano Bar in the Bay.” A dueling pianos style karaoke, sing either by yourself or with the whole audience. We will have plenty of musical theater books to flip through and chose from as Phil and Adam take live requests. Please feel free to bring your own sheet music as well. All skill levels are welcome in our judgement free zone.
Golden Thread Productions presents
ALAA: A FAMILY TRILOGY
A script-in-hand workshop production by Adam Ashraf Elsayigh
Generative Dramaturgy by Salma S. Zohdi
Directed by Evren Odcikin
November 16 - 17
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
In 2011, blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah became a leading voice of the Egyptian Revolution by fusing his activism and tech acumen, inadvertently following in his famous family's activist legacy. ALAA: A Family Trilogy is an epic and ambitious dramatization of a single family’s unwavering resistance at the heart of a nation’s fight for justice.
UNA Productions and Z Space present
BEYOND
December 5 - 8
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Step into the cosmos with Beyond, an evening-length production that reassembles Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring into an intergalactic, Queer extravaganza. Featuring a vibrant ensemble of dancers and drag performers, Beyond wrecks the iconic score and reimagines it through lipsync, live music, and choreography. This bold reworking proposes a new and expansive possibility, inviting audiences to experience an otherworldly fantasy.
San Francisco Mime Troupe, in cooperation with Z Space, presents
A RED CAROL
December 14 - 29
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Charles Dickens wasn't trying to make people feel good, he was trying to show them a stark reality, scaring them into being more human. He wrote "A Christmas Carol" to shake up society, and with A Red Carol we are re-establishing his story as the revolutionary call-to-action Dickens intended. With music, joy, and plenty of harsh truths about his time and ours, A Red Carol is the demand for economic and social justice Dickens wanted then, and we need now.
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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![“[The book I would read for the rest of my life] … I have two. It would either be Haruki Murakami’s NORWEGIAN WOOD or Rob Sheffield’s LOVE IS A MIXTAPE.”
— Harry Styles in conversation with Timothée Chalam](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5679d2ec1115e097de2c8bcb/1730232206332-5HDOI3UGDEYD7WOBHE81/image-asset.jpeg)
