one year and more

The Garage is the home of

• the raw & uncut performance series

The Garage’s ongoing performance showcase series featuring multi-media, contemporary dance, spoken-word, experimental theatre and performance art.

• RAW (resident artists' workshop)

a 12 week residency program offering approximately 4-6 hours of free rehearsal space that culminates in a
two night performance. performance, artists of all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

• SPF (summer performance festival)

is The Garage’s annual performance festival, featuring both veteran and emerging artists. SPF is in its third year and in 2008 the festival will feature three months performance that reflects the broad spectrum of contemporary performance in the Bay Area.

• AIRspace

a 12 week residency program for bay area queer performance artists.

• SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts (Saving Arts From Extinction) is a non-profit arts presenting organization that specializes in incubating new performing art through residencies, workshops and performance.

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The Garage is also the home for

• PUS (performers under stress)

Comprised of Scott Baker and Charles Pike, recipients of Joseph Jefferson Awards for their theater work in Chicago, and Joseph Jefferson Award nominee Valerie Fachman, PUS has been in existence for over 15 years and has been critically lauded for its bare-bones productions of Samuel Beckett plays including Son of Sam I am (an eclectic selection of Beckett’s short works) and original works such as Book Of Mark. Other PUS productions include Anatomy of It’s a Wonderful Life; Robinson Jeffer’s Dead Soldier Walks Home; Glory Hole; Pound Bound; Fun with Dick and Perry; and Jungle of Tongues.