{"id":342,"date":"2003-08-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/word-for-word\/"},"modified":"2015-08-03T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T17:51:24","slug":"word-for-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/word-for-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Word for Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;It&#8217;s really crucial that we make the language active. We have to take it to another level; otherwise what&#8217;s the point?&#8221;<cite>&#8212; JoAnne Winter<\/cite><\/aside>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/\/2015\/06\/wordforwor-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Word for Word\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-905\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on Seattle&#8217;s Book-It Repertory Theatre, San Francisco&#8217;s <b>Word for Word<\/b> is an innovative professional theater company that transforms short works of fiction into fully staged pieces of theater without changing a word of the original text. <b>Spark<\/b> follows the entire process as Word for Word develops and stages &#8220;The Fall River Axe Murders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Founded by JoAnne Winter and Susan Harloe, Word for Word made its official debut in 1993 with Edith Wharton&#8217;s &#8220;Xingu&#8221; at the Fort Mason Center&#8217;s Bayfront Theatre. Since then, Word for Word has become a permanent Z Space program, staging more than 60 pieces that include works by Tobias Wolfe, Barbara Kingsolver, Langston Hughes, Julia Alvarez and Upton Sinclair.<\/p>\n<p>For their 10th anniversary, Word for Word has chosen author Angela Carter&#8217;s gothic deconstruction of the infamous Lizzie Borden murders, &#8220;The Fall River Axe Murders.&#8221; This special production includes all 10 charter members of Word for Word and is directed by Amy Freed, who directed the group&#8217;s first production and has since gone on to a successful career as both director and playwright (&#8220;The Beard of Avon&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to the written word, Word for Word will not edit the author&#8217;s original text &#8212; even pages of background descriptions and all the &#8220;he saids&#8221; and &#8220;she saids&#8221; get acted out on stage. 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