Becoming a Man P. Carl Z Space Polly spent the first fifty years of her life as a girl/woman who came out as queer and eventually married her girlfriend of twenty years, Lynette. On March 16, 2017, at the Hotel Chandler in New York, this same person was called "sir" at the front desk, in the elevator, and at breakfast. As bearded Carl proudly tells us, "I became … [Read more...] about Becoming a Man
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Our Class
Our Class Tadeusz Slobodzianek, Adapted by Neman Allen Z Space and Arlekin Sitting in a semi-circle in front of a mammoth, back-wall chalk board, ten people -- obviously in the roles of young children -- nervously struggle to read lines from their books. They introduce themselves by what their parents do and what they one day hope to do for a living (e.g., … [Read more...] about Our Class
Annunciation
Annunciation Lauren Groff Word for Word and Z Space "It is only now when I know myself to be good and bad in equal measures." That announcement of sorts -- or "annunciation" -- comes after our unnamed narrator has recalled a year much earlier in her life post college graduation when she headed across the country to land initially in San Francisco, California with … [Read more...] about Annunciation
“Weightless”
WeightlessThe Kilbanes (Music, Lyrics & Book)Z Space Kate Kilbane & Lila BlueIn the beginning, everything looks and sounds like a rock concert in an intimate space where audience members tiered on either side of the stage will sit on cushions and sip wine from the bar nearby. Two women, one straddling a bass guitar, face each other and begin singing a somewhat … [Read more...] about “Weightless”
“The Empty Nesters”
The Empty NestersGarret Jon GroenveldFlown the Coop ProductionsJW Walker & Pamela Gaye WalkerShe: “We’re going to have to start to have grown-up conversations.”He: “About what?”She: “Grown up things.”He: “Then let’s talk.”She: “About what.”He: “I don’t know.”Such back-and-forth, circle exchanges often make the interactions of wife Frannie and husband Greg sound like scenes … [Read more...] about “The Empty Nesters”
“Hookman”
HookmanLauren YeeEncore Theatre Company,In Association with Z SpaceThe scene opens innocently enough. Two seventeen-year-old girls, home in California for a holiday break from their respective colleges, banter back and forth driving toward the audience in a skeleton frame of a car as they head to a late-night movie. Their fast-paced, Twitter-like discourse where … [Read more...] about “Hookman”
