Z SPACE & WORD FOR WORD PRESENT ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN BY EDWARD P. JONES DIRECTED BY STEPHANIE HUNT | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARGO HALL

NOV. 16 - DEC. 11 AT Z SPACE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS' STATEMENT In tough times we can go to the theater, sit down in the dark with others, and ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN be carried away from our everyday woes. We see ourselves mirrored and we empathize with others. We are moved, thrilled, galvanized. And this is why we love stories. We love telling them, hearing them, reading them, watching them: BY EDWARD P. JONES

around-the-fire stories, bedtime stories, stories in books, Netflix Original Series! Directed By Stephanie Hunt | Assistant Director Margo Hall Edward Jones has said he set out to write stories about the Washington, D.C. he NW Washington, D.C., and Choctaw, Alabama | Early 1950s, and the Past grew up in. “I wanted to write about the things which helped us to survive: the love, grace intelligence, and strength for us as a people.” He has created a world Associate Producers: Constance Bernstein, Mark & Elizabeth Friebel, of indelible characters and their daily lives through the large and small details, the Arlene M. Getz, Harold J., and Susan M. Speicher grand passions and small joys, the drudgery and delight of life.

We chose “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” because of the power of EPJ’s storytelling. CAST In it we see ourselves, and our neighbors, coping, striving, compromising, and awakening. Sheila Balter* Miriam Sobel, Dvera Jaffe - Susan Harloe & JoAnne Winter Velina Brown* Miss Bertha, The Young Man's Mother Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe Miss Agatha, Harriet, Miss Hattie DIRECTOR'S NOTE Margo Hall* Aunt Penny, Minnie Parsons & others In this story, Mr. Jones gives us a world both intimate and vast. Stories and Kehinde Koyejo* Alona, Blondelle Steadman & others experiences from the past, ever-present, guide and haunt the characters, most particularly the young man at the center of the story. Khary L. Moye The Young Man Jones playfully uses noir conventions in this murder mystery: a law office, the Joel Mullennix* Alabama Man, Samuel Jaffe & others reluctant detective, the universally-disliked murder victim, the scorned girlfriend, Jia Taylor Sheila Larkin, Mary Saunders & others a femme fatale with a secret, and a man left with a troubled conscience and responsibility. Solving a mystery surrounding the murder of a childhood friend requires the PRODUCTION young man, a war veteran, to observe people and places familiar to him in the Karen Runk* Stage Manager Nadine Mozon Dramaturg neighborhood of 6th and M Streets NW. He is looking for where he belongs, and Sean Riley Scenic Design Dave Gardner Technical Director is eager to leave the city he thinks he knows so well. What is known becomes A. René Walker Costume Design Vola Ruben Scenic Painter surprising, what is strange becomes familiar. Jim Cave Lighting Design Keira Sullivan Master Electrician A mysterious woman, who dies in the young hero’s arms, speaks two phrases of Drew Yerys Sound Design Wolfgang Wachalovsky Z Production Manager Jacqueline Scott Props Design Camille Rohrlich AAHC Production Manager Yiddish -- one from a story and the other a lyric from the song, Ofyn Pripetshik, Andrea Weber Choreographer Celeste Jacobson-Ingram Asst. Stage Manager (Around the Stove), a well-known Yiddish folk song for children. According to Lynne Soffer Dialect Coach Asha Maxey Rehearsal Assistant author Michael Wex, in this song children are “being told to draw strength to endure the pains of exile from the letters of the alphabet that they’re being *AEA member taught." Press Agent David Hyry & Associates “Sometimes one moment sweeps aside everything you ever thought about a Art Design and Photography Julie Schuchard person,” the young man thinks near the end of the story. His mother, the person Photography Mel Solomon Marketing Andrew Burmester he knows best, surprises him as do all the other women in his life. As he begins to wonder and be curious about the others around him, he learns to see. Word for Word is a Program of Z Space All Aunt Hagar’s Children is performed by permission of the author c. 2006 by Edward P. Jones; - Stephanie Hunt published HarperCollins Publishers. First published The New Yorker, 12/22/03 ABOUT THE STORY

All Aunt Hagar’s Children embraces 1950s Negro noir embedded in culturally authentic, diverse characters, expressed in an amalgam of African American vernacular, mother wit and mystery in Yiddish last words. Edward P. Jones weaves specificity in place and placement in downtown Washington D.C.’s landscape as a city, and a neighborhood that belongs to itself, its inhabitants and the stories they carry with them.

The narrative takes place scarcely a decade beyond a post-Holocaust increasing Jewish presence in the US, and the continuing migration of Negroes from more rural south to northern cities. Mr. Jones’ community of characters move through their D.C. neighborhoods via his literary ‘geocoding,’ upheld by street coordinates, walking proximity, names and locations businesses, streetcar routes, schools and churches of actual record. And here I confess, confirmed by my mother’s shared timeline and memory of same D.C. neighborhood. The literary legacy of Hagar is prominent in traditional Christian biblical and Jewish rabbinical teachings. Both feature Hagar as an ex-slave woman sexually compromised, who cast out or abandoned, who bears a child and survives under harsh conditions. Hagar is steadfast in doing what’s best for her child’s survival. Ultimately, Hagar’s son, Ishmael, is acknowledged in high regard, and his father, Abraham, is referenced as the father of all nations. The women and children in All Aunt Hagar’s Children negotiate their distinct journeys with challenges thematically similar to Hagar. Their worlds cross in proximity, customs, and basic needs. Are they not tribes and nations in some way? Are they not all somehow descendants of diasporas with a Hagar story of survival at the helm? Providing dramaturgical support for this production has been a most rewarding opportunity. Coupled with research from institutionally archived and published sources, the timeline and traversing of neighborhood in downtown D.C. for Mr. Jones’ characters matches those of my family members, my mother’s living legacy. From my mother graduating from Dunbar High school, my father’s return from the Korean War, and stories about my great grandmother’s friendship with their Jewish next door neighbor and store owners on L Street, Mr. Jones has honored a richly accessible form of heritage storytelling America’s story. NADINE MOZON ABOUT THE AUTHOR Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling WORD FOR WORD THANK YOU'S Belva Davis, Claire Dippel & Janklow & Nesbit Associates; MoAD & Elizabeth Gessel, author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Noah’s Bagels, Ellen Sinaiko, Dr. Evie Groch, Eleanor Reissa, Judith Kunofsky & KlezCalifornia, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International Teresa Canion, Rose Plant, Lisa Claybough, Patty LaCava, Carmelita Harris, Shelah Moody, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Judith Cohen, Rhodessa Jones, Sierra Gonzales, Vivianne Payne Mozon of the Dunbar High School Class of 1947, Margarette Robinson, Margot Manburg, Tristan Cunningham, Lauren Award for The Known World; he also received a Spencer, Cathleen Riddley, Lenore Naxon & JCCSF, Dave Young, Randall Homan, Sara Felder, MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of Devra Noily, Michael Wex, Joshua Ende, Michael Ende, Joshua Rose, Peggy White, Karen stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award MacLaughlin, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Jessica Richardson Smith, Sienna Williams, LeNeac Weathersby, Allie Khori, University of San Francisco PASJ program, Scott Horstein, and was short listed for the National Book Award. His Adrian Elfenbaum, Ken Sonkin, Michelle Torres Maxson, Leslie Martinson, Elizabeth Brodersen, second collection, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, was a Nancy Benjamin, Esther Scott, Ryan Tasker, SF Mime Troupe, Zahra Jangbar, Wilhelmina finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an Koyejo, Bolaji Tijani-Qudus, Lolade Celeste Tijani-Qudus, Anna Shneiderman (The Flight Deck), Towanna Turner, Taiwo Franklin, Rachel Bolden-Kramer, Melorra Green, Emmanuel Blackwell, instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, Chabot College & Dov Hassan, Linda Amayo Hassan, Rachel LePell, Gladston Taylor, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C. Jiyon Taylor Barbara Middlebrooks, Michelle Middlebrooks, Tai Bo & Sisters, John F. Mello, Edge Gymnastics & Kristin Sawler, Jessy Pietraszkiewicz, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Podesta Baldocchi Flowers. ABOUT WORD FOR WORD "Simply one of the great theatrical endeavors." –Chad Jones, Theater Dogs Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to SPACE tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Founded in 1993 by Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter, Word for Word believes in the power of the short story to provide solace, compassion, and “Best Performance Space” 2016 Best of The Bay insight into our daily lives. Word for Word is a program of Z Space. To learn more about Word for Word and to see a list of all stories ever produced, Under Artistic Director Lisa Steindler, Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration, please visit: www.zspace.org/AboutWordForWord and camaraderie amongst artists, audience and staff in the service of creating, developing and presenting new work. Operating two venues in San Francisco’s Word for Word Charter Members historic Mission District, a main stage and a black box theater, Z Space hosts new works from a variety of performance disciplines year-round. Keystone initiatives JoAnne Winter, Artistic Director Stephanie Hunt Nancy Shelby Susan Harloe, Artistic Director Amy Kossow Patricia Silver include New Work, a development program that supports artists and ensembles Sheila Balter Delia MacDougall Joan Walton, Emeritus from conception to realization of unique works, Word for Word, a resident theatre Jeri Lynn Cohen Wendy Radford company transforming works of literature verbatim to the stage, and Youth Arts, an Word for Word Authors’ Council arts education program promoting literacy and engaging students’ creativity. Greg Sarris, Honorary President Paul Fleischman Armistead Maupin Julia Alvarez Ellen Gilchrist Octavio Solis T.C. Boyle Joanne Greenberg Amy Tan Z SPACE STAFF Dorothy Bryant Andrew Sean Greer Tobias Wolff Sandra Cisneros Daniel Handler Artistic Director Lisa Steindler Siobhan Fallon Barbara Kingsolver Executive Director Lori Laqua Artistic Director, Word for Word Susan Harloe Word for Word’s Associate Artists Group is a coterie of talented young the- ater professionals who are bringing Word for Word to a new generation of audiences. Artistic Director, Word for Word & Director, Youth Arts JoAnne Winter Production Director Drew Yerys Molly Benson Gendell Hing-Hernandez Andrew Packard Andrea Day Lisa Hori-Garcia Ryan Tasker Playwright in Residence Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Rosie Hallett Jill MacLean Becca Wolff Production Manager Wolfgang Wachalovsky Finance Manager Carlos Lopez Friends of Word for Word Barabara Anderson, Constance Bernstein, Luise Custer, Debra Dout, Penny Finocchiaro, Amy Hosa, and Mel Solomon. Marketing Director Andrew Dietrich Burmester Communications Designer Julie Schuchard Off the Page is the first look at Word for Word's forthcoming productions. With a public staged reading of a short story under consideration as a future show, we invite audiences to see the Institutional Giving Manager Sunshine Lampitoc Smith very first steps of our process of bringing a work from the page to the stage in the Word for Word Patron Engagement Manager Abigail Pañares style. After the reading, we engage in a conversation with our audience, which gives us lots to think about as we decide on the next steps in bringing the short story to the stage. 2017 TBA: February Operations Manager Dennis Adams 13, March 20, June 19, July 31 & August 14. Under consideration are works by Junot Díaz, Program Administrator, Youth Arts Amy Prosser Barbara Kingsolver, Tobias Wolff, Bernard Malamud, Elizabeth Strout, Ursula Le Guin.

Youth Arts brings the Word for Word method of performing literature into Bay Area schools Z SPACE Board of Directors - making the thrill of literature and performance come alive in the classroom! If you'd like to bring Laura Bergman President Derek Brans Youth Arts to your child's school, or if you'd like to support arts in the schools, please contact Youth Shawn Livermon Arts Program Director, Amy Prosser at [email protected]. Eileen Fisher Vice President Amie Chen Candice Nobles Betsy Connolly Secretary Michael Darnaud Shelly Osborne Youth Arts is supported by the following organizations as well as many generous individuals: Mark Friebel Treasurer Michael Hoch Janine Paver Lori Laqua Julie Richter Sam Mazza WALTER & ELISE Michelle Lewis Lisa Steindler FOUNDATION HAAS FUND Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe has worked as an actor at the San BIOGRAPHIES Francisco Mime Troupe. Magic Theatre, Transparent Theatre, TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, Theatre Rhinoceros, Intersection for the Arts, Theater Artaud, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Brava Theater Susan Harloe (Artistic Director, Word for Word) is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director Center, Aurora Theater, San Diego Rep, Los Angeles Theater Center, of Word for Word. Over the past 23 years, she has appeared in Word for Word productions Baltimore Theatre Project and Arts Theater in Ibadan, Nigeria. She is Xingu (Edith Wharton), In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff), Rose- Artistic Director of Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience Johnny (Barbara Kingsolver), Floor Show (Julia Alvarez), Friend of My Youth (Alice Munro), and an Artist In Residence at Brava. As a solo performer, Edris has The Standard of Living (Dorothy Parker), The Falling Girl (Dino Buzzati), In Friendship (Zona created and presented four solo projects including Adventures of A Gale) and Stories by Alice Munro. Susan also manages Word for Word’s annual tour to Black Girl: Traveling While Black and Adventures Of A Black Girl In Search of Academic France. She dedicates this show to the memory of her mother. Clarity and Inclusion, published in the anthology, solo/black/woman. This is her Word for Word acting debut. JoAnne Winter (Artistic Director, Word for Word) co-founded Word for Word in 1993 with Susan Harloe. She has helped produce over 100 shows and readings, as well as performing Kehinde Koyejo is honored be a part of this amazing group of artists and directing for both Word for Word and other Bay Area theaters. As director of Youth Arts, assembled together to bring to the stage Edward P. Jones' riveting Word for Word’s arts education program, she oversees many WfW workshops with students story of All Aunt Hagar's Children. Kehinde is an associate artist in Bay Area schools. She has originated roles in 36 Stories by Sam Shepard, In Friendship, with the Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experiencie (BACCE). John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven (a co-production with Cal Shakes and Octavio She holds a B.F.A. in Acting from Pace University, NY and a M.A. in Solis), Three On a Party, and Three Blooms, among others, as well as many roles in other Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Bay Area theaters. Some of her favorite directing projects include Word for Word’s “Wants” Arts. and “A Conversation With My Father” by Grace Paley and “Spring Rain” by Bernard Malamud and “Ancestor” by Greg Sarris. She most recently directed The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl Margo Hall​ (Assistant Director, Actor), award winning actor/director/ for The Ross Valley Players. playwright, is excited to be back as a performer with Word for Word where she has directed, acted, and taught. Most recently, she was seen onstage in Fence​ s​ at California Shakespeare Theater, and directed Stephanie Hunt (Director) is a director, actor, and teacher. For Word Red Velvet for SF Playhouse. Othe​r credits include ​Gem of the Ocean, for Word, she directed the long-running, award-winning production of Fences and Seven​ Guitars for Marin Theater Company, Ah,​ Wilderness! Tobias Wolff’s Bullet in the Brain and Lady’s Dream as well as Cornell and Marcus​ or the Secret of Sweet at American Conservatory Theater, ​ Woolrich’s noir thriller Angel Face. At the University of San Francisco, The Motherf*#ker With the Hat for SF Playho​use, Twelfth​ Night, A where she teaches acting, she directed her adaptation of Alice Munro’s Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and ​Spunk for California short story The View from Castle Rock. As an actor, she has originated Shakespeare Theater and T​rouble in Mind at the Aurora Theater. She is a founding member roles in stories by Upton Sinclair, Angela Carter, Tobias Wolff, Andrew of Campo Santo, and has directed, performed and collaborated on several new plays with Sean Greer, Susan Glaspell, Virginia Woolf, and Colm Tóibín. In the Bay Naomi Iizuka, Jessica Hagedorn, Phillip Kan Gotanda, and Octavio Solis. Area, Stephanie has acted at the Magic Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Encore Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Campo Santo, and at La Mama in New York. She Khary L. Moye is fresh off his recent runs of The Mountaintop and Six was a founding member of the improv group Pulp Playhouse, which played at the Eureka Degrees Of Separation, Khary is thrilled to be making his debut with Theatre. Stephanie holds an M.F.A. from American Conservatory Theater and a B.A. from Z Space in such a wonderful production. You can also see him in the San Francisco State University, but originally she studied and performed at the Back Alley upcoming production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson with Role Theater on F Street and 7th NW in Washington, D.C. Players Ensemble opening February 2017. Many Thanks to his family and friends for their continued support. Onward!! Sheila Balter, Word for Word Charter Member, acts, directs and teaches with the company and beyond. Having originated numerous Joel Mullennix has been a long time collaborator with Word For Word roles with the company, recent credits include Lady Gregory in Colm as both an actor and director. He has directed More Stories by Tobias Toibin’s "Silence" (France tour), the Wife in Munro’s "Dolly", and a Wolff, Olive Kitteridge, You Know When The Men Are Gone (“The Last French poodle in Munro’s "The Office" (BATCC award nomination). She Stand”) and Stories by Alice Munro, among others, and has acted in a has also been seen at Marin Theatre, Traveling Jewish Theater, Brava, number of shows throughout the Bay Area. He is very much looking Playwrights Foundation, and the South Oxford Space in Brooklyn. For forward to All Aunt Hagar’s Children. her East European ancestors.

Velina Brown is an actor, singer, director, and co-artistic director of the Jia Taylor is excited to make her Word for Word debut. Credits include Obie and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. She acts in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Douglas Morrisson Theatre, The House theatres across the Bay Area, plus film, television, and voiceover. Velina That Will Not Stand at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, In the Heights writes a column for Theatre Bay Area: The​ Business of Show Biz named at Palo Alto Players, When Harlem Was in Vogue at Alley Theatre, after her career/life coaching practice for artists. Velina is a winner Anything Goes and Hair at Theatre Under The Stars, Dreamgirls of BATCC Outstanding Principal Actress and Outstanding Supporting (Woody King, Jr. award nomination) at St. Louis Black Rep. Jia is a Actress. She is thrilled to be working with Word for Word again. graduate of Northwestern University. Lynne Soffer (Dialect Coach) has coached over 285 theater productions at A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, Magic Theatre, Cal Shakes and Marin Theater Co. among others including BIOGRAPHIES Production over a dozen for Word for Word. Her regional credits include the Old Globe, Dallas Theater Center, Arizona Theatre Company, the Arena Stage, Seattle Rep and Denver Center. Her film and television credits includeFruitvale, Metro, Duets, The Land of Milk and Honey and America’s Most Wanted. She spent this summer coaching for Netflix’s new mini series 13 Celeste Jacobson-Ingram (Assistant Stage Manager) is a graduate of the UC Reasons Why, SF Opera’s premiere of Dream of the Red Chamber and Speakeasy SF. Berkeley Theater and Performance Studies Department. She has had the honor and pleasure of working at Cal Shakes, the Magic, Crowded Fire, SF Fringe, and Custom Made A. René Walker (Costume Design) developed a love for fashion design at an early age. and is thrilled to continue her work at Mountain Play next year, stage managing their Driven by her passion, she has worked for more than two decades as a multi disciplinary mountain-top production of Beauty and the Beast. artist in the areas of Costume Design and Fashion Design, coupled with positions as a Fashion Stylist and On-set Tailor on photo shoots for print and commercial advertisements. Asha Maxey (Rehearsal Assistant) is a young Oakland based actress / writer. She Her expertise expands to Visual Merchandising and Event Planning. Through her experience studied acting at the Meisner Technique School of Acting. She attended the Academy of Art she has cultivated the ability to stretch the boundaries of the imagination as to what is University in San Francisco, where she majored in screenwriting. She is extremely excited to beautiful, glamorous, and luxurious. Rene’s Costume Design credits extend to local giants be a part of this project, and hopes it is the first of many. such as Amara Tabor-Smith’s He Moved Swiftly But Gently Down The Not Two Crowded St, Ed Mock And Other True Tales In A City That Once Was…Handful Players children’s theater, Nadine Mozon (Dramaturg) is an actress, writer, and teaching artist. Theatre: The Book Magic Theatre, Brava, Chabot College, New Conservatory Theater. Recent ad campaigns of Grace, Intimate Apparel, Fences, For Colored Girls…, Home, Crumbs From the Table of for René include New Balance, Nike, Lucy Athletic and Serena Williams. It is a pleasure for Joy; Television: The Leftovers, American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Law and Order; Film: René to collaborate with Word for Word. She is resident Costume Designer for The Medea Dawn, Dear Sidewalk, Wolf, Katrina’s Son, Two Weeks Notice, and Shaft. Original Work as Project: Theater For Incarcerated Women. writer and actor: in development “Blue Spiral”; previous works include “Delta Rhapsody,” “I.D. Please,” “Confirming The Search: That Girl’s Still Here Somewhere.” Collaborative partners Andrea Weber (Choreographer) specializes in movement design and choreography for on devised works have included musicians, singers, choreographers, and ASL interpreters. theater. Through coaching and choreography she hopes to illuminate the text and enhance Mozon earned an MFA in acting from American Conservatory Theatre, currently teaches the vision of the director and design team. A former member of the Shotgun Players, acting, movement, and a course designed for actors honing writing skills and creating Andrea has worked with Word for Word since 2001 including Olive Kitteridge, Stories by devised work. So very honored to collaborate on this production with Word for Word on All Tobias Wolff, Angel Face, and others. Ms. Weber is also a certified stage combat instructor Aunt Hagar’s Children. through Dueling Arts International.

Sean Riley (Scenic Design) combines suspension, kinetic movement, and narrative Drew Yerys (Sound Design) has been designing sound since his first show at the Magic sculpture with performance. Through scenic design, rigging design, and mechanical design, Theater in 1995. Since then, he’s freelanced as a designer across the Bay Area and Los often in concert with each other, he creates unique environments for time based art. Riley Angeles. In addition to his theatrical career, Drew has also designed sound for film and has created installations in collaboration with a wide spectrum of artists in different genres television. Drew would like to thank Word for Word and Z Space for all their support and around the world. Known for bold and often surprising transformation of space and for large encouragement over the years. Thank you! scale movement, Riley’s installations commonly reflect his life long obsessions with gravity, architecture, and Newtonian physics. Visiblegravity.com

Camille Rohrlich (Production Manager) is thrilled to be working with Word for Word for the first time, and is currently the assistant production manager at CalShakes. A lover of storytelling and live performance, she has managed a variety of theater productions, festivals, live events, and film. Camille is new to the Bay Area, and holds a BFA in stage & production management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Karen Runk (Stage Manager) moved to SF with the intention of only staying for a few months... Two decades later she's still here! This is largely due to the talented folks at the SF Mime Troupe, where Runk is the resident Production Stage Manager, but mostly due to San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. rent control! Runk has also stage managed with the Magic Theatre, SFShakes, Intersection for the Arts, Golden Thread, and African American Shakespeare Company. Runk’s excited to Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. be working on her 2nd production with Word for Word! - William Saroyan Jacquelyn Scott (Props Design) works as propsmaster, set designer and art director for theaters and film companies throughout the Bay Area. 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DEC 15 - 17 KMLZ: THE LOBSTER BEFORE CHRISTMAS Z Space and Killing My Lobster reprise their collaboration in what is quickly becoming an essential holiday tradition. For the first time in history, we delve deep into the underworld of holiday origin stories. Join us as we investigate the hilarious and twisted truth behind our 'precious' holidays.

JAN 23 WORD FOR WORD: OFF THE PAGE A staged reading of Lucia Berlin’s “Here It Is Saturday” and “Emergency Room Notebook, 1977”. We continue our exploration of this fascinating writer's work with two stories - one that takes place in a prison writing class, the other in an emergency room - and both are filled with Berlin's usual style, wit and compassion.

FEB 4 - 25 SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA "ANTIGONA" In Antigona, Noche Flamenca transforms the classic play into a virtuoso flamenco masterpiece. Honoring the Greek tradition of sung poetry and musical accompaniment, Noche Flamenca's Artistic Director Martín Santangelo studied the poetry of Sophocles, then translated and re-wrote the text into lyrics. It was created in collaboration with his wife and principal dancer, Soledad Barrio, who plays the title role. Presented by Z Space and piece by piece productions.

ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN will be touring to France in 2017! MARCH TBA Paris | MARCH 23-24 Nancy, MJC Pichon | MARCH 29-30 Angers, Le Quart’Ney

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