With support from the California Arts Council, Eye Zen Present’s (EZP) will sustainably expand our organization, while expanding audiences from 1,500 people annually in 2020 to 5,000 people annually by 2024 as set out in our recent business plan (developed in partnership with Vogl consulting).
By increasing our organizational capacity to sustain and expand our programming we fulfill our mission of serving queer, trans Black, Indigenous, people of color(QTBIPOC) and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA) communities.
Since its founding in 2007, Eye Zen Presents has created multidisciplinary community-building events in San Francisco in traditional and alternative theater spaces, private homes, gardens and community centers. Our productions focus on LGBTQ+ history and experimentally blend performative and visual disciplines: physical theater, puppetry, contemporary dance, drag, circus, live music, and video. We work with community partners to devise and produce new performance, curate exhibitions and offer educational opportunities. Our walking tours create an immersive spectacle in real time and in public space, using sidewalks, plazas, parks, and privately owned public open spaces (POPOS).

