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Peter Nachtrieb was the Playwright in Residence at Z Space in San Francisco, California, from 2013–2019 as part of the National Playwright Residency Program (NPRP), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and produced in partnership with HowlRound Theatre Commons. Find out more about his residency experience, and learn about the impact of the program at large.

Why Peter Nachtrieb, Why ZSpace?

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Peter Nachtrieb was the Playwright in Residence at Z Space in San Francisco, California, from 2013–2019 as part of the National Playwright Residency Program (NPRP), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and produced in partnership with HowlRound Theatre Commons. Find out more about his residency experience, and learn about the impact of the program at large.

 

Artistic Director Lisa Steindler and Peter Nachtrieb discuss what drew them to this artistic collaboration and why Z Space is the perfect fit for them.

"I love Peter's view of the world and I love his voice on the page and on the stage, and I wanted to be around that more."

"It sort of been my home…I as invited in and I sort of never left…the space and the people, it's perfect. It's a place that meshes really well with the work that I like and the eclectic nature of stuff that I like."

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