A Sandbox Series World Premiere
On Stage
July 26 – August 16, 2025
Tickets: $40
Presented at Z Below
Call 415.626.0453 to buy tickets by phone.
Z Below • 470 Florida St. • Mission District
Home?
A Palestinian Woman’s Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness
By Hend Ayoub • Directed by Cary Perloff
In Israel, she’s Palestinian. In the Arab world, she’s Israeli. In America, she’s an “Other.” An autobiographical one-person show about a young woman’s journey to retrieve and imagine a new sense of home. On the way she learns: Why would you need to complete military service just to wait tables? Can you pass as an Israeli if you delete your Arab accent? And can you simply move to America and leave the whole Middle East behind? Through a panoply of vivid characters – from a five-year-old who just wants to join the neighborhood Purim party, to an Egyptian casting director who won’t accept where she comes from, to her dying mother who longs for her daughter to find a place in the world – Hend shares a deeply personal, true story about a search for the place that many of us take for granted: Home.
“Effortlessly shifting from English to Hebrew to Arabic and back again, Ayoub offers herself as a living example of how letting the global air in helps us all to breathe more healthfully” The Washington Post
Play Details
Created byDirected by Carey Perloff
Venue
Performance dates
Est. Run Time
Recommended for ages 12+
WarningsPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
| Day of week | Matinee | Evening |
| Saturday, July 26, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Sunday, July 27, 2025 | 2PM | |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Friday, August 1, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Saturday, August 2, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Sunday, August 3, 2025 | 2PM | 5PM |
| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Thursday, August 7, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Friday, August 8, 2025 | 5PM | 8PM |
| Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 2PM | 8PM |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Thursday, August 14, 2025 | 7PM | |
| Friday, August 15, 2025 | 5PM | 8PM |
| Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 2PM | 8PM |
Note: View the official calendar for full schedule including special performances.
HEND AYOUB is thrilled to have the world premiere of her solo show Home? at San Francisco Playhouse. The piece was initially developed with the legendary Wynn Handman at the Wynn Handman Studio in NYC, and was further developed through workshops with the invaluable guidance of director Carey Perloff. Workshops were supported by San Francisco Playhouse (Bill English, producer), Z Space (Shafer Mazow, producer), and Golden Thread Productions (Sahar Assaf, producer), as well as Voices Festival Productions in Washington, D.C. (Ari Roth, producer), and Noor Theatre in New York. (Sivan Battat and Kate Moore Heaney, Producers)
Hend is a New York-based actor and writer. Theatre credits include: Broadway’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams, and its earlier run at Los Angeles’s Mark Taper Forum; Off-Broadway: 9 Kinds of Silence (PlayCo), First Down (Noor); Regional: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Arena Stage), Kiss (Yale Rep), American Fast (InterAct Theater), and Veils (Portland Stage; Barrington Stage).
Television credits include Homeland, Orange Is the New Black, The Looming Tower, Madam Secretary, Royal Pains, Feed the Beast, The Accidental Wolf, Comedy Central’s The Watch List, and recurring roles on Transparent and Damages.
Film credits include the Emmy Award-winning Death of a President, the multi-award-winning Private, and the new film If You See Something. HendAyoub.com
What are the showtimes?
The show is on stage six days a week; Tuesday through Sunday. Showtimes are as follows:
Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M. (Except on July 29th)
Wednesdays at 7:00 P.M.
Thursdays at 7:00 P.M.
Fridays at 7:00 P.M.
Saturdays at 7:00 P.M. (with two additional 2:00 P.M. matinees on August 9th & August 16th)
Sundays at 2:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. (Except on July 27th; Additionally, the August 10th evening performance will be at 6:00 P.M.)
Showtimes may vary. Always consult the official show calendar or call 415.677.9596 for updated dates and times.
How much are tickets?
Tickets range from $20 to $130, although prices may fluctuate depending on date, showtime, and demand. Discounts are available to season subscribers.
When did Home? premiere?
Home? will have its World Premiere on August 2nd, 2025 with San Francisco Playhouse presented at Z Below.
Where is Z Below?
Z Below is located at 470 Florida St., San Francisco CA 94110. The theatre is located just downstairs from The Steindler Stage at Z Space.
Is Z Space ADA accessible?
Z Space’s goal is to be as accessible as possible to everyone. When buying tickets online, patrons are provided with an opportunity to inform us of any accessibility needs they have. Our venues are fully accessible to persons in wheelchairs. When possible, we endeavor to sell wheelchair specific accessible seating (some shows do not have any assigned seating, we still have wheelchair seating on those shows, just not a specific ticket type). If you have any concerns at all, either prior to or after purchasing tickets, please call Z Space’s Box Office at (415.626.0453 x104). Z Space is always happy to accommodate you and will seat you and up to three attendants in a special section of the front row when possible.
Z Space always allows registered service animals in our theater.
Is there parking on site?
Z Space is close to a variety of public transportation lines, most notably:
The 16th and Mission BART stop.
The 22, 27, and 33 MUNI bus lines.
If you are planning on parking on the street, please allow at least 30 minutes to find a space, and be sure to carefully read all restrictions on street signs and parking meters. Street parking is plentiful beginning around 4:00 pm each day and on weekends.
There is a paid parking lot (operated by UCSF) at Harrison and 15th Street which has metered visitor spaces and located approximately three blocks from Z Space.
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