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Z Space & Word for Word WEIGHTLESS WEIGHTLESS DIRECTOR STATEMENT Ovid says it’s in our play we reveal the people we are. But sometimes it’s hard to find places for Featuring play. Play requires looseness and Lila Blue, Julia Brothers*, Dan Harris, Kate Kilbane, space to roam between ideas. Dan Moses and Josh Pollock Tonight, we hope to open up a space for you Directed by Becca Wolff to play. The world can be so sure of itself. But in my experience more mystery abounds. This is a rock show. It’s visceral —the beat moves you Angrette McCloskey Scenic Design physically, the music moves your spirit. It’s also Christine Crook Costume Design theater. Theater engages us with stories that Ray Oppenheimer Lighting Design give us a window into another life, Hana S. Kim Projection Design new ways of thinking about the world. Gregory T. Kuhn Sound Design Dan Moses Music Director We often associate the in-between with Jessica Barker* Production Stage Manager Frédéric O. Boulay Production Manager discomfort - being at 6s and 7s, neither here nor Kendra Bator General Manager & there - I think it is a glorious place. It is a place Executive Producer where expectations don’t hold and *Member Actors' Equity Association the very moment you are in is all there is. Audio Engineer Andy Fitts I invite you tonight to play. Immerse yourself in Head Electrician Lauren Wright this space between worlds and I hope you find Light Board Programmer & Operator Corey Schaeffe out -in play- something more about Deck Manager & Audio Engineer Emma Rodrigues who we human beings really are. Associate Lighting Designer Victoria Langlands Costume Assistant Alice Ruiz Cover Photography Emily Sevin -Becca Wolff Inside Photography & Graphic Design Julie Schuchard Press Agent Mona Baroudi Marketing Director Andrew Burmester Z Space Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler Additional development of Weightless was done by Encore Theatre Company SONG LIST 1. Hollow Bone 2. Breath and Your Bones 3. Diana and Acteon 4. Awake 5. Morning on the Water 6. Heaven 7. Philomela's Incantation 8. Down 9. Mockingbird 10. One You Love 11. Cry 12. Reaper 13. Weaving Song 14. Weightless 15. Dry 16. Drag You Down 17. Lift Me Up piece by piece productions (Producer) is a not for profit producing organization that was started in 1999 by Wendy vanden Heuvel. Productions have included: Medea directed by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw on Broadway (associate producer), The Tricky Part (2004 Obie award and two Drama Desk nominations including Outstanding Play) by Martin Moran and All The Rage, (Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show 2013) by Martin Moran produced with Rising Phoenix Repertory and The Barrow Group; The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh; Mabou Mines' DollHouse, Emma Rice’s Brief Encounter and Let The Right One In, all in association with St. Ann’s Warehouse; My Name is Rachel Corrie in association with The Royal Court Theatre; Slipping in association with Rising Phoenix Repertory and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; Elective Affinities with Zoe Caldwell by David Adjmi, co-produced with Rising Phoenix Repertory and Soho Rep; Lee Breuer’s La Divina Caricatura in association with St. Ann’s Warehouse, La Mama ETC, Mabou Mines, and Dovetail Productions; and Hundred Days by The Bengsons and Kate E. Ryan, co produced with Z Space (TBA Outstanding New Musical 2014). piece by piece productions has been a producer with co-creators Brian Mertes and Melissa Kievman on The Lake Lucille Chekhov Project since 2010 (Ivanov, Seagull). Film: The Rest I Make Up: Documenting Irene directed by Michelle Memran (a documentary about the life and work of the playwright Maria Irene Fornés), I Am A Seagulll: The Lake Lucille Chekhov Project directed by Brian Mertes. Most recently piece by piece productions co-produced Martin Moran's The Tricky Part and All the Rage with A.C.T at The Strand Theater in San Francsico, and co-presented Noche Flamenca’s Antigona and The Wooster Group’s The Town Hall Affair with Z Space. Encore Theatre Company (Development Producer) Since its formation in 1986, Encore Theatre Company has claimed a distinct identity in The Bay Area community. Originally, Encore was a showcase for experimental work by alumni and associates of American Conservatory Theater. Encore has focused on bringing new works to the Bay Area; forging relationships between San Francisco’s best actors, designers and directors and some of the best new playwrights in North America. Encore Theatre Company has produced numerous World and West Coast premieres by such writers as Adam Bock, Mark Jackson, Leigh Fondakowski, Sam Shepard, Claire Chafee, Adam Rapp, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Terry Tarnoff, Steve Yockey, Daniel MacIvor and Lynne Alvarez. Encore is committed to producing new plays that foster social awareness and examine contemporary ethics, encouraging a sense of community in both ourselves and our audience. Weightless was developed under co-artistic directors Lisa Steindler and James Faerron. Dear Friends, Thank you for deciding at some point in your very busy lives to be here at Z Space. You made the decision to purchase a ticket, take a risk on a show you have not seen before, and join us for an evening where you have no idea what might happen. It is live theatre — and live music — after all. Without you, we would be sitting in an empty space wishing you Based in the Mission District of San Francisco, Z Space is one of were here. So thank you for saying yes, taking the nation’s leading laboratories for the development of new the chance, and sharing your time with the works. Led by Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler since 2007 and founded by David Dower in 1993, Z Space celebrates its 25th unknown. anniversary in 2018, continuing its mission to empower artistic risk, collaboration, and camaraderie amongst artists and audience We have been working on this show for the in the service of commissioning, developing, and producing new past five years, from the San Francisco Fringe work. Keystone initiatives include New Work, a development Festival in 2012, to extensive workshops that program that supports artists and ensembles from conception to realization of unique works, Word for Word, our resident theatre explored different means to tell this story, to company transforming works of literature verbatim to the stage, a concert version here in 2016, and finally to and Youth Arts, an arts education program promoting literacy and the show you are about to see tonight. That engaging students’ creativity. LEARN MORE AT ZSPACE.ORG. development process and investment in artists is the heart of what we do here at Z Space. Z SPACE STAFF And we of course have not been alone in this ARTISTIC DIRECTORS process. We have worked closely with piece by LISA STEINDLER Executive Artistic Director, Z Space JOANNE WINTER Artistic Director, Word for Word & Director, Youth Arts piece productions, an inspiring collaborator, a SUSAN HARLOE Artistic Director, Word for Word generous friend, and an essential part of the Z TEAM A-Z community. ~ ABIGAIL PANARES General Manager AMY PROSSER Youth Arts Program Coordinator We are honored to share with you the fruits of ANDREW BURMESTER Marketing Director our collective labor and love for the people JEAN WALTERICK Finance Manager involved with the piece on stage and off. New JIM GARDIA Interim Managing Director JOE MOORE Technical Director work takes time, patience, perseverance, and JULIE SCHUCHARD Communications Designer a dedicated group of people deciding to show PETER SINN NACHTRIEB Playwright In Residence REBECCA CAPPER Intern up again and again, day after day. ROSE OSER Literary & Grants Manager SARA MOON Intern Thanks for joining us on this one very special day, of many. I hope you enjoy the ride. Z SPACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lucy Lee Warmly, Laura Bergman President Amie Chen Janine Paver Vice President Derek Brans Michael Darnaud Eileen Fisher Treasurer Jenny Johnston Shawn Livermon Lisa Steindler Julie Richter Shelly Osborne Executive Artistic Directer, Z Space Tina Pastelero KATE KILBANE AND DAN MOSES (Authors, Performers) Kate Kilbane and JOSH POLLOCK (Performer) is an actor, composer, and musician who's Dan Moses (aka The Kilbanes) are thrilled to have partnered with performed all over the world, in about 4,000 bands, and in collaborations with Z Space and piece by piece productions in bringing Weightless into the the likes of John Cale, Flea, Acid Mothers Temple, Van Dyke Parks, and Jandek, world! The Kilbanes started their journey with Weightless in 2012, when an amongst others. He was last seen in The Shotgun Players' production of Tom early version won “Best of Fringe” at the SF Fringe Festival, and SF Weekly Waits'/William Burroughs' The Black Rider and last heard on the latest albums by called it "One of the best shows of the year" and named Kate one of Emily Jane White, The Bengsons, Rabbit Quinn, Foxtails Brigade, Heat Vision & the Bay Area's 11 Theater Artists to Watch in 2013. Z Space subsequently Jack, 3 Leafs, The Lake Millions, and his turntablist alter-ego, DJ Female Convict commissioned the piece and has been instrumental to its artistic Scorpion. JoshPollockInc.com progression. Another Kilbanes rock opera, Eddie the Marvelous Who Will BECCA WOLFF (Director) is a California-based director and co-founder of Tilted Save the World, began its life at Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor Program Field Productions. Our Country: The Antigone Project, her collaboration with in 2014 and was selected for Theatreworks' New Works Festival in 2016. Annie Saunders of Wilderness, was commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse Their first rock opera, the medea cycle, has played all over the Bay Area, and received major support from piece by piece productions. The piece has as well as in Los Angeles, New York, and Dallas.
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