New Zealand Based, Award-Winning, Trans Non-Binary Performer Comes To San Francisco
The award-winning international touring writer/performer, Ren Lunicke, brings their highly entertaining, thought-provoking autobiographical work about identity and belonging to San Francisco for the first time as part of a West Coast 'Belonging Tour' stretching from Victoria, BC to Los Angeles, CA. Performing a limited engagement September 21st and 22nd at EXIT Theatre 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
"Ze": queer as f*ck! is a dark comedy about sex, gender, and the expanding parade of labels and identities Michelle/Ryan (now Ren) claims on zir way to pride. (*ze/zir are gender neutral pronouns)
"Ze" had its global premiere in Perth, Australia in 2016, where it was nominated for a Comedy Award, and has since toured to sold-out audiences in four countries winning awards for its unique brand of comedy and level of artistic risk with new content for the stage. Trans non-binary identities have only continued to rise in awareness since then.
In this international queer origin story, Ren rips the bandage away from zir startling puritanical upbringing and is catapulted by zir experiences through a complex and surprising "coming out" process as a genderqueer, kinky, femmesexual, polyminded, gay-divorcée. Along each step of the way ze discovers each new beloved community is at times just as ridiculous and pigeon-holed as the one ze's just left.
Part theatre, story-telling, and stand-up, Ren both uses and parodies the labels meant to help an individual embrace their truth in a modern world desperate for definition. "Ze" brings the audience along a rarely told journey of gender fluidity and micro-identities in a PRIDE-worthy celebration that exposes the tension between being authentic to oneself and belonging to one's community.
Duration: 60 minutes
Written and Performed by Ren Lunicke
Original Production directed by Peter Larsen
Scream Photo by Virginia Guy
Other Photos by Philip Goad
(More on Request)
Warning: Recommended 18+ for coarse language and explicit sexual reference
PERFORMANCES:
Friday, September 21, 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 22, 8:00 pm
WHERE:
Exit Theatre 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
TICKETS:
$15 Standard
$10 Students, Seniors, and Unwaged
BOX OFFICE: https://zequeerasfuck-sf.brownpapertickets.com/
*Ren identifies as trans non-binary and so uses they/them or ze/zir pronouns
Zir Productions is a live performance production company committed to creating connection "beyond all binaries."
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