Paul Finocchiaro

Word for Word's Off the Page staged reading series is back for 2023. The next performance is on March 27, 7 pm at the American Bookbinders Museum and will feature two stories by Kevin Barry, “Who’s Dead McCarthy” and 'The Wintersongs,' both directed by Word for Word Core Company Member Paul Finocchiaro. 

Word for Word and Z Space 30th Season opens with HOME by George Saunders April 8 - 29 at Z Below. Word for Word has a long history of adapting stories by both George Saunders and Greg Sarris.

Word for Word, a program of Z space, Word For Wordcast 2021 season continues with  Anna Maria Ortese's 'A Pair of Eyeglasses' translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee posting on September 16.

NPR Affiliate KALW-FM 91.7 FM continues Corona Radio Theater on its Open Air Program with Theater Company Word for Word's Reading - on Zoom - of  a?oeThe Islandersa??  a story of unexpected friendship, danger, and reconciliation, by Andrew Sean Greer, the San Francisco Pulitzer Prize winning writer.

NPR Affiliate KALW-FM 91.7 FM launches Corona Radio Theater on its Open Air Program with Theater Company Word for Word's Reading - on Zoom - of Tobias Wolff's Story a?oeFirelighta?? airing Thursday April 30 1 PM.

'Strikingly beautiful,' 'ghost-like,' are just two adjectives that make up the mood in which Agatha Christie's Mousetrap, leaves on it's audiences which can witness this 'who-dunnit' now on-stage at Stageworks Theatre in the heart of downtown Tampa. At least that was the first and lasting impression I received upon entering the space Saturday night for a mere sold out performance, that was so stunning I still think about it days later. After all as one character proclaims, 'First impressions are so important,' and this bone chilling first impression still has me gasping for air.

Word for Word celebrates this 25th season with a rare production "Anniversary! Stories by Tobias Wolff and George Saunders" featuring Wolff's "Deep Kiss" and Saunders' "Victory Lap," works by two of the companies favorite authors, directed by Joel Mullennix and Delia MacDougall. "Anniversary! Stories by Tobias Wolff and George Saunders" opens with a press night Saturday August 11, 8pm (Preview Aug 8, 9 & 10) running through September 2 at Z Space Main Stage in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district. Tobias Wolff and George Saunders are brilliant performers in the short story form, and the company feels lucky to be staging their stories for its 25th Anniversary. Over the past quarter century, Word for Word has had the pleasure and the honor to work with some of the best writers of all time.

Funny and serious, cynical and heartwarming at the same time, it's extremely enjoyable but offers nothing new or revelatory.

Word for Word closes the 2015 Season with Word for Word's HOLIDAY HIGH JINX -- Bums, Broads and Broadway: Stories by Damon Runyon, Joseph Mitchell, and E.B. White, opening tonight Saturday Nov. 28, 8pm (Press opening) and run through December 24, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district.

Word for Word closes the 2015 Season with Word for Word's HOLIDAY HIGH JINX -- Bums, Broads and Broadway: Stories by Damon Runyon, Joseph Mitchell, and E.B. White, to open on Saturday Nov. 28, 8pm (Press opening) and run through December 24, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district.

Based on stories by Nobel Prize Winner Alice Munro, the world premiere of Stories by Alice Munro: "The Office" and "Dolly" opened a six-week run in San Francisco to critical acclaim and sold out houses on March 7, 2015. Coming to Toronto in mid-April for it's only Canadian stop, "Stories by Alice Munro" will show just five performances over four days before heading off for a month long tour in France. Munro has never before given the rights to her short stories for a full-scale professional theatrical production of this nature in Canada before this.

Word for Word is proud to announce their next full theatrical production of 2015, Stories by Alice Munro: 'The Office' and 'Dolly' under the direction of Joel Mullennix, opening tonight, March 7, and running through April 12, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district.

Word for Word presents the company's full theatrical production of 2015, Stories by Alice Munro: 'The Office' and 'Dolly' under the direction of Joel Mullennix to open on Saturday March 7 (Press opening) and run through April 12, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district. 'Alice Munro's short stories are revelatory in nature. She writes about the quotidian in our lives, enhanced by her subtle wit, and her deep perception of hidden desires. Word for Word performed Munro's Friend of My Youth for our 6th Anniversary in 1999, and since then, have wanted to enter again the world of this prolific and profound writer...' remark Artistic Directors Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter.

Word for Word presents the company's full theatrical production of 2015, Stories by Alice Munro: "The Office" and "Dolly" under the direction of Joel Mullennix to open on Saturday March 7 (Press opening) and run through April 12, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district. "Alice Munro's short stories are revelatory in nature. She writes about the quotidian in our lives, enhanced by her subtle wit, and her deep perception of hidden desires. Word for Word performed Munro's Friend of My Youth for our 6th Anniversary in 1999, and since then, have wanted to enter again the world of this prolific and profound writer..." remark Artistic Directors Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter.

Word for Word is proud to announce their next full theatrical production of 2015, Stories by Alice Munro: "The Office" and "Dolly" under the direction of Joel Mullennix to open on Saturday March 7 and run through April 12, 2015 at Z Below in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district.

A series of stories written by Deborah Crooks, with original music by Bruno Louchouarn, and choreography and direction by Deborah Slater, PRIVATE LIFE plumbs the emotional depths of military life and the fundamental nature of what it means to survive.

Word for Word's 20th Anniversary production of "In Friendship:Stories by Zona Gale" has been extended through September 13 (originally scheduled to close September 8) due to the overwhelming audience demand for this evening of Zona Gale stories. Additional performances of "In Friendship" are on: Wednesday, 9/11, at 3 and 7pm; Thursday, 9/12, 7pm; and Friday, 9/13, 8pm in Z Space's new second venue, Z Below, at 470 Florida Street.

To mark the the 20th Anniversary of both Word for Word and Z Space, the Word for Word Charter Members present 'In Friendship: Stories by Zona Gale', opening with a press night on Saturday August 17, 8pm and running through September 8 (previews today, August 14 -16) at Z Space's new second venue, Z Below, at 470 Florida Street.

To mark the the 20th Anniversary of both Word for Word and Z Space, the Word for Word Charter Members present 'In Friendship: Stories by Zona Gale', opening with a press night on Saturday August 17, 8pm and running through September 8 (previews August 14 -16) at Z Space's new second venue, Z Below, at 470 Florida Street.