Join us for “4 Adverbs”, a Word for Word production from the Z Space Studio by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket.
February 23, 2006
Project Artaud Theater, 8 p.m.
Tickets are being sold on a sliding scale of $15.00-$25.00. We are offering a special discounted ticket price of $10.00 to our tutors and volunteers.
WORD FOR WORD presents 4 Adverbs, a world premiere new production from Daniel Handler (author of Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events), with stories taken from his forthcoming novel for adults Adverbs (publ. HarperCollins May 2006). Directed by Sheila Balter from Handler’s forthcoming book Adverbs, these four interconnected stories toss love and loss in the air in a passionate whirl of longing, landing in today’s San Francisco, where an active volcano lurks beneath the surface . . . or is that just an urban legend? The first two stories – “Arguably” and “Particularly” – introduce Helena, who, with her husband David, has moved to San Francisco from New York and London, where she finds that everything costs billions and billions of dollars. In “Naturally,” Hank Hayride, unluckily stabbed in Golden Gate Park, appears as a shadow in the sun to Eddie, sitting in the park both sad and mad from her marital breakup. Hank and Eddie become lovers, or are they just ghosts? In “Wrongly,” Alison, fed up at the end of a few very hard weeks, meets Steven, an angry college dropout, and they become stuck together on their way home to South San Francisco, “The Industrial City.”
These four stories bring together the misfits and dreamers of Handler’s new adult novel in a quirky, sexy, exciting, and very funny pre-publication preview of Handler’s novel Adverbs, a journey through a San Francisco populated by mismatched lovers, lost souls, and rediscovered courage. Throughout, Handler’s deft wit abounds, with his continual play of language and his ironic, poignant insight into 21st century San Francisco life.
To purchase tickets to this event, please come to the pirate store, or call us between 12-6 pm any day of the week at (415) 642-5905 x 201.
