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"The Garage is the kind of tiny, funky, out-of-the-way theater we all thought wouldn't be able to survive the dealings of cutthroat real estate moguls...fortunately SAFEhouse, failed to buy into the pessimism...The Garage presents edgy new work that should satisfy any aficionado wanting to take the pulse of the city."      Bay Guardian
 
 
      April and more      
 
 

April 1  Thurs   •   8pm  

The Garage New Play Series,   Kirk Johnson, Creative Director

Homo Apocalyptus a new play by Dean Poyner


A futuristic campfire tale about Zombies, survival, and the meaning of family set in a tiny bar in Key West, Florida four years after the Zombie Apocalypse.

 
 
 

April 3   •   8pm    •   $10-$20

Spontaneous Combustion is a 24-hour event, exhibiting creativity with impromptu collaboration and the artist’s capacity to endure, culminating in one evening of performance. Curated by Alicia Ohs and Yvette Choy, Spontaneous Combustion will see multiple artistic mediums converge and flourish, and explore how creative practice can grow or decay given natural human limits. Local artists who have nurtured their own varying art forms, from music and voice, to dance and theatre, to video and illustration, are brought together to contribute their creativity and practice. The artists are introduced to one another for the first time 24-hours prior to the public staging of Spontaneous Combustion, at which point, the artists are left to gestate a new evening length work that debuts the following night! Come join us on Saturday night and see what explodes!

 
 
 

April 8-9   •   8pm    •   $10-$20


AIRspace presents    

Prove You're Not a Robot

interactive experiments in Fear-Art-Love 

by Sadie Lune with special guest Lula Mae Day

Prove You're Not a Robot is a lo-tech performance art installation collaborative conspiracy between Sadie Lune and Lula Mae Day. An investigation into mutual and consensual revelation; we'll share an evolving succession of explicit playground games, expository interviews, improvisational trances and of course, treats.

 
 

Using the 'availabilist' aesthetic of found objects from  everyday life, the whole rigmarole will snake through the physical space of the Garage theater as it progressively delves deeper into the artists' manifestations of curiosity, vulnerability, neurosis, transcendence, and ultimately the blessed beast of huge love. 

Take a trip with us through five layers of mutating dynamics between artist and audience, from spectacle to choose your own adventure. Wander through the dissonance of exterior perceptions and interior landscapes.  Hold our hands while we pull the covers off of  shame, sexuality, and faith. Roll up your sleeves while we grapple with depression, hypocrisy, and intimacy. Prepare for a catch and release while we try to get a handle on time, boundaries, and compassion.

For weeks before the public performance the artists will engage in multifaceted symbiotic ritual focusing on practices of commitment including cohabitation, sober altered states, physical attachment and co-dependent sensory deprivation, you know, the works.

part of the ongoing project Teaching Myself to Love   •   artists website Here

 
 
April 15-18

MOVE(MEN)T3

The Garage’s men’s choreography festival returns with two programs celebrating athletic choreography from a distinctively male perspective.

 

April 15-16   •   8pm    •   $10-$20

features contemporary choreography by David Herrera Performance Co., MOVE: the company, Day Schildkret, Dance Continuum SF, FACT/SF, Michael Velez, Labayen Dance/SF, SF Moving Men, Jose Navarrette.

 
 

April 17-18   •   8pm    •   $10-$20

features improvisation by Kegan Marling, Dance Theater/Shannon, Andrew Ward, Rajendra Serber, Jorge De Hoyos and Folawole

 
 
 
 

April 25    •   4pm   •   $10

Bitten in the Basement   •   Curated by Christine Cali

The Garage’s monthly program of acoustic music and improvisational movement features new choreography, live music and a chill atmosphere with snacks and cheap drinks.

 
 

May 2   Sun   •   8pm   •    Tickets $8, Drinks $5

Makeup Mutiny presents

Get your groove on...while checking out performances by some of the hottest emerging choreographers in the Bay Area. Following the performances, mingle, promote your gigs and get your party on while DJ’s play in our underground den of debauchery.

First Sunday of every month.     •   Contact  Samantha Giron

 
  May 4-5  Tues-Wed    •   8pm   •   Dance Ceres   •   artists website Here  
 

May 27-29, Thu-Sat • 8:00pm   •    $25 or $20 in advance for limited time

Buy tickets Here or 800-838-3006

Queer Cultural Center & The Garage's AIRspace program presents
sunny drake
The US premier of the new version of Other-wise


A gutsy convention-defying gender-euphoric one-person show weaving theatre, magical animation, movement, comedy & multimedia. The US premier of the brand new full-length version of Other-wise!

This morning I lost my homework and the dog ate my gender. Other-wise is a letter to Sunny’s family come to life on the stage, exposing his emotions and experiences as a transgender person. Animated creatures whisk us into worlds of magic as Sunny explores boy tits, being honest with one’s family, learning to fly and getting comfortable with contradictions and not knowing. As funny as it is moving, Other-wise is a testament to the courage it takes to be true to oneself.

Warning: you will only understand this show if you are human & born on planet earth. If you’ve ever tried to fit into other people’s expectations or been worried someone wouldn’t understand or be proud of you, then this story is also about you.

artists website Here

Photo credit: (m)-elly nio

 

June 4-26

SF Moving Men & Christine Cali & Co

More info  Here

 
 
 
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