OUR CLASS and BECOMING A MAN to be Presented at Z Space

From acclaimed memoirist P. Carl, BECOMING A MAN is a play about one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. For fifty years, P. Carl lived as a girl and then a queer woman, building a career and a loving marriage while waiting to realize himself in full. When he decides to affirm his gender, his transition puts everything—family, career, friendships—at stake. “This moving narrative illuminates the joy, courage, necessity, and risk-taking of his gender transition” (Kirkus), and poses the question: When we change, can the people we love come with us? Following a world premiere production at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, P. Carl’s acclaimed story about the courage—and the community—we need to become ourselves comes to life in its West Coast premiere.
 
“These two productions represent the kind of theater that defines Z Space and underscores our continued commitment to bold, socially resonant storytelling that pushes artistic boundaries to do what theater does best—allow us as audiences to expand our capacity to sense and understand the world through different perspectives,” said Z Space Executive Director and Producer Shafer Mazow. “As a Jewish trans-man in a world of escalating antisemitism, as evidenced by the tragic events in Australia this past weekend, and the ongoing threats to and erasure of the trans community, I feel strongly that presenting both of these particular narratives in San Francisco at this moment in our cultural landscape is not only urgent, but absolutely essential.” 
 
Complete casting and creative teams for both productions will be announced in early 2026.