Joe Goode Performance Group

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Heidi Carlsen presents The Empty Pocket, a dance/theater work

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Heidi Carlsen presents The Empty Pocket, a dance/theater work

Show Dates + Times:

Friday, 10/2/26 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, 10/3/26 @ 7:30pm

** Sunday, 10/4/26 @ 3pm**

Run Time: 60 mintures | No Intermission | Concessions will be serve

*** Advanced Pre purchased tickets, $20.  Pre purchased ticket sales end 2 hours prior to top of show ***

The Empty Pocket, created and performed by Heidi Carlsen, is a surreal voyage of a woman and a heirloom peacoat. Through movement, imagery and confronting poetry, a heightened tale is told. By shifting perspectives, crossing the line, and going against the odds, can the silence that binds us be broken? Workshopped in San Francisco, LaMama Theater in New York City, and recently performed at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.

Media Design by Nanda D’Agostino, Lighting Design by Joyce Liao. Directorial and Dramaturgical Support from Mary Armentrout, Belinda He, Greta Turken, and SAIC Faculty.

Created & Performed by Heidi Carlsen

Directorial & Dramaturgical Support: Mary Armentrout, Belinda He and Greta Turken

Lighting Designer: Joyce Liao

Dancer Name & Photo Credit: Heidi Carlsen, Photo: Anonymous SAIC Student

Image Description: A person in a black dress with blond hair is holding onto a long horizontal twine above and taking a tentative step. There is a ladder upstage on their right. The light is dark and blue as if the person is undewater.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company 53rd Season: Foolish Fires

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Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

53rd Season: Foolish Fires

Show Times & Dates:

Thursday, 10/8/26 @ 7:30pm

Friday, 10/9/26 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, 10/10/26 @ 7:30pm

Sunday, 10/11/26 @ 3pm

Thursday, 10/15/26 @ 7:30pm

Friday, 10/16/26 @ 7:30pm

Run Time: 60 minutes w/intermission | No concessions

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company (MJDC) launches its 53rd season with the world premiere of Foolish Fires, a new work created by Margaret Jenkins in collaboration with the dancers, poet Michael Palmer, visual designer Alexander V. Nichols, and costume designer Mary Domenico.

Foolish Fires takes its title from the will-o’-the-wisp—those mysterious lights said to lure travelers from familiar paths into the unknown. The evening comprises two new works that explore opposing forces: shadow and light, certainty and ambiguity, attraction and resistance. Emerging from a shared conceptual thread, each work inhabits a distinct relationship to the same mystery.

Neither benevolent nor malevolent, the phenomenon depends upon the traveler. Foolish Fires invites audiences into an unfolding landscape where movement, light, language, and sound ignite briefly like sparks before disappearing again at the edge of perception.

Presented in the intimate setting of the Joe Goode Annex, audiences will experience the work in close proximity to the performers, immersed within a visual environment created specifically for the space.

“Ms. Jenkins’ movement is fresh, unduplicated and unimaginable on other bodies… you won’t see them on any other dancers, anywhere else. Such individuality. The through-line among the dancers is a flawless center of gravity and nuanced control.” – San Francisco Chronicle

Collaborators: (bios available at mjdc.org)
Choreographic Direction: Margaret Jenkins
Choreographic & Rehearsal Assistant: Kelly Del Rosario
MJDC Dancer/Collaborators: Allegra Bautista, Raven Bautista, Carro Czechowska, Kelly Del Rosario, Claire Fisher-Mendez, Anna Greenberg, Jonathan Kim, Lainie Pennington, Lu Price
Poet: Michael Palmer
Visual Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mary Domenico

 

Image Description: Dancer Kelly Del Rosario leans backwards while holding onto an arm that extends off the edge of the frame, as though someone is holding them up. They are looking behind them and down, at a large expanse of vibrant red.

Movement for Humans

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EVERY SATURDAY, 10AM – 11:15AM PST VIA ZOOM and 10AM – 11:30AM  (virtual only)

 

Saturdays 10am – 11:15am (online only) & 10am – 11:30am 

Movement for Humans Online Studio 
Meeting ID: 833 1694 6717

Passcode: 667905

Open Saturday virtual classes taught either by Joe Goode or Joe Goode Performance Group company members focusing on gentle, restorative movement.

Online Schedule for August and September 2026 Coming Soon…

Email [email protected] for a weekly updated schedule of teachers.

You’re invited to contribute at any level. Suggested: $10-20 — No one turned away for lack of funds

** Proceeds go towards paying teaching artists & staff.

Please email [email protected] or [email protected] for scheduled updates and questions

Check back soon for more teacher updates

Joe Goode Annex Rentals

RENT THE JOE GOODE ANNEX FOR YOUR NEXT REHEARSAL, WORKSHOP, OR PERFORMANCE!

  • Affordable Rates
  • Transit Accessible by BART (16th St Mission) and multiple bus lines
  • 28 ft x 42 ft (1176 sq ft) studio/stage space
  • Sprung marley floors with radiant floor heat
  • Rentable daily from 9am-11pm | 7 days/week
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Fluorescent, Natural, and theatrical lighting
  • Easy to use sound system

Click here to read our full COVID Protocols 

annex rental availability calendar

PRIVATE REHEARSAL & PUBLIC CLASSES/WORKSHOPS RENTALS

Non-Profit Rates:

Private Rehearsals: $25/hour 
Classes/Workshops: $40/hour

Large Rental Discount – 10% off when you book 20 or more hours.

 

COVID protocols:

COVID Protocols and requirements:
Read the full JGPG Protocols: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nXnjGeQe1ndDy6gtBj8jEKwF-rU7CmGyQXggG1GKjA8/edit#

  • Rentals must keep accurate lists of participants at every individual session, and make those lists available to Joe Goode Performance Group for contact tracing upon request. Any possible COVID exposures that occur must be reported to JGPG and to all participants in the class immediately.
  • Masks are highly recommended for audience members of Performances regardless of capacity, but not required.
  • The Annex is currently operating at full capacity (75 seats).

 

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Ready to book? Check availability on our public calendar then email [email protected] with the dates and times you want!

Check Availability

STUDIO RENTAL POLICIES
  • Deposit of 20% is due at time of booking.  Monthly payment plans are available for long-term rentals.
  • All rental activities are subject to Joe Goode Performance Group approval and availability of the space. 
  • JGPG reserves the right to cancel a rehearsal or class rental due to unforeseen / emergency circumstances. Fully contracted performance rentals will take priority and not be moved, unless in the case of an extreme situation or unresolvable conflict.  A bumped renter will be notified as soon as possible and receive credit for a future reservation.
  • Payment can be made via credit card or check. Credit card payments are subject to a credit card processing fee added to the total invoice.
CANCELLATION POLICIES
  • Bookings of 2 or more rehearsals canceled more than 48 hours prior will receive a full refund minus your deposit unless immediately rebooking canceled space. 
  • Bookings canceled within 48 hours are non-refundable but can be credited to a future reservation if booked at time of cancellation. 
  • All fees for unused studio time canceled without notice are not refundable and not eligible for credit.
  • Cancellation due to COVID related illness or exposure are fully refundable and can be rebooked without incurring additional fee’s.

PERFORMANCE & PUBLIC EVENT RENTALS 

  • Theatrical Repertory Plot of LED & conventional instruments with multiple open rigging points 
  • Column-free, flexible stage area with sprung, marley laid floor
  • Standard seating – 75 seats on risers (subject to COVID capacity limits)
  • Upstairs Green Room with costume and prop storage 
    • (please note our green room and technicians booth is on the second floor and up a flight of stairs – technician set up can be moved into the theater space for accessibility upon request.)  
Rates:

NEW SPACE RATES * EFFECTIVE 8/1/2026 *
Tech Rehearsal: $72/hr
Public Showing: $77/hr
Performance: $112/hr

NEW STAFFING RATES * EFFECTIVE 8/1/2026 *
JGPG Technician (required for all tech rehearsals and performances): $31/hr
JGPG House Manager (required for all performances and showing): $31/hr
JGPG Box Office Manager (required for all ticketed events): $31/hr

TICKETING RATES (ticketed events are required to use our ticketing system)
Ticketing Page Set-up: $65 flat rate
Event Sales Tracking & Reconciliation: $50 flat rate

Read the full letter here – Effective Nov 2023

INCLUDED
  • Personalized production support (including 1-2 production meetings) from the Annex Venue Manager and Technical Director
  • Box office and ticketing set-up and website hosting (required for all ticketed rentals)
  • Performance staffed by trained Annex Front of House and Technicians (required)
  • Inclusion on the Joe Goode Performance Group website calendar and one social media promotion post
  • Audio/Visual: PA system, 35mm plug input, 4 channel audio console
  • Furniture: 100 stackable chairs, 2 tables
  • Amenities: Wheelchair accessible lobby and theater, 2 single-stall gender neutral restrooms, WIFI
NOT INCLUDED
  • Lighting design/lighting designer (renter is required to provide their own LD for any changes/additions to the repertory plot)
  • Projectors – the Annex has three projectors available for use for an additional $50 flat fee.
  • Additional marketing support or promotion
  • Liability Insurance (required) – all public events are required to have liability insurance. Proof of coverage is due 30 days before the event

Performance Pricing Estimates:

Performance rentals are custom built based on an artist’s production needs and artistic vision.

These examples are designed to help you get a sense of the Annex’s price points and projected costs, they are not exact quotes.

The following are examples of simple performance rentals. A simple performance involves:

  1. Use of repertory lighting plot (no additional instruments or custom lighting design)
  2. Pre-recorded sound
  3. No major technical components such as projection or live music.

Use of projection, additional lighting instruments, complicated staging, or changes to the rep plot will require additional tech time.

 To get quotes specific to your production, initiate a conversation by emailing [email protected]

One-Show Performance Weekend: (Approximate for a one hour show)
6 hours of technical rehearsal (load-in, cue to cue & dress run) $648
4 hours of performance (four hour minimum/show) $773.50
Box Office set-up and production support (flat fee) $115

Total:

 $1536.50
Two-Show Performance Weekend:
12 hours of technical rehearsal (load-in, cue to cue & dress run) w/staffing $824
8 hours of performance (four hour minimum/show) w/staffing $1547
Box Office set-up and production support (flat fee) $115

Total:

 $2486

Ready to learn more? Email [email protected] to start the discussion with the Production team!

Check Availability

The Annex is open for booking private rehearsals, workshops and public classes.

Joe Goode Annex COVID Protocols

Email us with inquiries and questions.
Check our calendar of virtual & live events

header image: photo by Robbie Sweeny. to become other than dust – Annex Co-Production.
by jose e abad with Malia Byrne and Gabriel Christian. lighting by Grisel Torres