The Z Space Studio

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“UPON REQUEST.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 334,084. Management and general expenses 19,292. Fundraising expenses 1,198. Total expenses 354,574.”

“Retained earnings -1,500.”

“NO CHANGE”

“The z space studio commissions, develops, presents and produces a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines. The organization fosters opportunities around the nation for new works and engages diverse audiences through interactions with the process, the projects, and the artists.”

“During calendar year 2020, z space continued to fulfill its mission to empower artistic risk, collaboration and camaraderie among artists, audience and staff in the service of creating, developing and presenting new work. Operating two venues in san francisco's historic mission district, z space fills an essential role in the bay area's arts ecology and continues to create new works that push artistic boundaries regionally and nationally. Major accomplishments in 2019 include expanding our youth arts program with native youth in partnership with the federated indians of graton rancheria; receiving nine theatre bay area awards and being named "show most likely to provoke intense debate" (kqed arts) for the z space world premiere of ripped; participating in the tba theaters advancing social change (tasc)cohort; refining our distributed leadership model to prepare for lisa steindler's sabbatical (january-may 2020); upgrading a section of seats in the mainstage space; building more flexible and inclusive dressing rooms; taking z space's production of weightless to the under the radar festival in nyc and arranging a presentation by a.c.t. At the strand theater; co-producing the lucky ones with ars nova, and receiving the national richard rogers award (the bengsons and sarah gancher). We continue to be recognized as a leader in fostering opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally for these works and for engaging diverse audiences through direct interactions with artistic process. With critical issues of access, agency, and empathy at the forefront of sociopolitical conversations, the demand and desire has increased for the risk-taking community driven work developed and curated in z space. We remain committed to being a process rather than a product-oriented organization that serves as a collaborative hub, where artists have time, resources, and communities-of-practice to help find their voices and realize their artistic vision. Our unique technical development residency program supported by the andrew mellon foundation has nurtured more than sixty projects over the past eight years by providing access to the full technical capacity of our mainstage space and technical personnel. We are also committed to remaining both a development home and a stable presenting house for our community partners. They are among the bay area's leading artists and arts groups, who look to our venues for a breadth of technical capabilities to present the highest quality work. We reach approximately 21,000 audience members annually, plus an additional 700 youth and children. As a multidisciplinary new works venue, we produce and present a diverse array of work from acclaimed artists and ensembles such as axis dance, sean dorsey dance, wooster group, mugwumpin, opera parallele, joe goode performance group,community works west...the list goes on and on. Over the past decade, z space has built a national reputation for developing andproducing large-scale rock operas: hundred days (the bengsons), the lucky ones (the bengsons), weightless (the kilbanes), and most recently the red shades (adrienne price, matt grandy, and jeanine adkisson). Z space developed all of these pieces through multiple readings and workshops, including producing premieres for bay area audiences at z space, taking shows to the under the radar festival in nyc, and lining up tours to other theaters throughout the country. After many years of partnering with a.c.t. In various capacities, z space's production of weightless was presented by a.c.t. At the strand in spring 2019. In may 2019, z space produced the world premiere of ripped by rachel bublitz. The production was nominated for seven theatre bay area awards, including best world premiere play, best overall production, and best direction (lisa steindler). In july 2019, with support from the horizons foundation and the nea, z space produced a two-week developmental workshop of excerpts from the red shades, a trans superhero”

“(a) (b) (c) (d) program management fund- total services & general raising contracted show personnel 354,574. 300,735. 2,633. Professional services 28,826. 33,349. 1,100. Strategic planning 13,900. 16,659. Total $354,574. $ 334,084. $19,292. $1,198.”