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# Zachary Oberzan

Last edited on 22.7.2026

![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/zachary-oberzan/Zachary-Oberzan.jpg)

Zachary Oberzan in Elvis Songs

© Rania Moslam

## artist.bio

Zachary Oberzan is a founding member of the theater collective Nature Theater of Oklahoma, based in New York City. With Nature Theater, he collaborated and performed in numerous productions, including *Poetics: a ballet brut*, the Obie-winning *No Dice*, and the one-man show *Rambo Solo*.

His feature film *Flooding with Love for The Kid* (an adaptation of the novel *First Blood*, which introduced the world to the character of Rambo) is a one-man cinematic war shot and edited in its entirety by Zachary (portraying all 26 roles) in his 220 square foot apartment in Manhattan, made for $96. Created in 2007 and never intended for public viewing, it continues to screen internationally in cinemas, theaters, art institutes and film festivals. *Your brother. Remember?,* a theater/film hybrid*,* premiered in May 2010 at Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, and has to date been performed in over forty cities world wide. A stand-alone film version of *Your brother. Remember?* had its cinematic premiere in New York City in 2012.

*Tell Me Love Is Real*, a theater/film/musical hybrid, premiered in October 2013 at deSingel Antwerp and is currently touring internationally, with a cinematic premiere in May 2016 in Copenhagen. His most recent work, *The Great Pretender*, blends Iranian new wave cinema, live theater, and live reconstructions of Elvis concerts. It premiered in December 2015 at deSingel Antwerp, and is touring internationally. Oberzan has performed with avant-garde theater pioneers The Wooster Group and Richard Foreman, and has released two albums of original songs, including *Athletes of Romance*. *[www.zacharyoberzan.com](http://www.zacharyoberzan.com)*

## Works at brut

- [THE GREAT PRETENDER (2016)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2016/2016_11_November-2016/Zachary-Oberzan_The-Great-Pretender)
- Flooding with Love for The Kid (2010)
- Your brother. Remember? (2011)
- Tell me Love Is Real (2014)

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