With the goal of cultivating new voices for the stage, the UC
Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents a series of new
one-act plays by undergraduate students. Written and Directed
By features four short student works mentored under the
guidance of Professor Jon D. Rossini and directed by student
directors.
“This project gives students a platform to see their rich,
multi-faceted storytelling come to life and inspire further steps
on their creative journey,” said Rossini.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present an immersive
theatrical projectTaming the
Lightning, conceived,directed, designed
and composed byGranada Artists-in-Residence
David Adam
Moore and Vita
Tzykun. This new immersive work focuses on climate
resilience.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents Beth
Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds in winter quarter
2025. Directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Peter J. Kuo,
the minimalist work of experimental theater casts the
audience as voyeurs in an entertaining adventure that gradually
turns more serious.
The play opens at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
and performs Feb. 28, March 1, 6 and 7 at 7 p.m. and March 1 and
8 at 2 p.m..
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents She Kills
Monsters, which explores issues of grief
and bullying through a world of fantasy role-playing games!
Alum Lucas Hatton (M.F.A., dramatic arts, ‘17) returns to direct
the production.
The production performs Nov. 21, 22, 23 and Dec. 5 and 6 at
7 p.m. and Nov. 23 and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Main Theatre,
Wright Hall.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents a world premiere
work that reimagines William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Who’s There by Irish theatre director and acting teacher
Sinéad Rushe plays May 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 at 7 p.m. and May
25, 2024 at 2 p.m. in the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre on Old Davis
Road.
Triggered by a hate crime which brought attention to
the lack of hate crime laws nationwide, The Laramie
Project is a riveting contemporary drama that
challenges the inhabitants of a rural American community.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the play Feb. 22,
23, 24, 29 and March 1 at 7 p.m. and March 2 at 2 p.m. in the
Main Theatre, Wright Hall.
William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like
It gets a contemporary gender-fluid update by the UC
Davis Department of Theatre and Dance. Directed by Josy Miller
(Ph.D., performance studies, ’15), the classic opens the
department’s 2023–24 season on Nov. 16, 2023 in the Main Theatre,
Wright Hall.
Main Theatre at Wright Hall, Hutchison Drive, Davis, CA
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present Open,
Stay, a new musical, June 7-10 in the Vanderhoef
Studio Theatre, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the
Performing Arts.
Ignited by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, REFUGE – an
immersive theatrical installation will be presented as a
work in development by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and
Dance. Conceived, directed, designed and composed by Granada
Artists-in-Residence David Adam Moore and Victoria
(Vita) Tzykun, REFUGE draws from Tzykun’s own
experience as a Ukrainian refugee who fled with her family in
1990. It will be performed March 2-5 and March 9-10 at 6:30 p.m.
and 8:30 p.m. in the Main Theater, Wright Hall.
The Fall Show, a devised work drawn from Charles
Mee’s (re)making project, will be presented by the UC Davis
Department of Theatre and Dance Nov. 18-20 in the Main
Theater, Wright Hall.
In collaboration with the Science, Humanities and Arts: Process
and Engagement (SHAPE) program, there will be a public
presentation of final projects for the course, Transforming
Exclusion to Expression: Gender and Race in Climate Science on
Dec. 10 11 a.m. -1 p.m.
In the course, students took an artistic eye to interviews
they conducted with climate scientists.
“[re: CLICK],” an innovative contemporary drama spotlighting five
students who struggle with their identity in the digital age,
marks a new collaboration between the UC Davis Department of
Theatre and Dance and the American Music Theatre Project at
Northwestern University.
The free performances Dec. 9, 10 and 12 at 7 p.m. (PST)/9 p.m.
(CST) can be accessed at re-click.ucdavis.edu.
The third annual Ground and Field Theatre Festival (GFTF), ‘Play
on the Brink,’ spotlights new plays and musicals written by
local, national and international playwrights and composers,
including Broadway veterans. The main performances take place
beginning Sept. 26 on the UC Davis campus and in community
venues. All are free.
This year GFTF offers a preview of the new works and an
opportunity to meet the creative team at the Jan Shrem and Maria
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on September 12 at 7 p.m.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will showcase a
series of new student-created work. “Collaborative Stages:
Student New Works Festival” will feature a series of new plays
and dances conceived, created and performed by undergraduate and
graduate students.
Presented in two different programs, “Collaborative Stages” will
feature new plays by undergraduate students Rose Kim and Jordan
Wilson and dances choreographed by undergraduate
students Pratistha Bajracharya and Olivia Schlanger, and
graduate student Lena Polzonetti.
Department of Theatre and Dance presents “WEREWIRE: A Highwire
Sound Installation,” created by doctoral student Ante Ursić. This
collaborative presentation is scheduled for Monday, April 2 at
4:30 p.m. in the Della Davidson Performance Studio in Nelson
Hall. It is free and open to the public.
The fall quarter edition of “Outside the Lines 1” will feature
guest artist Rachel
Berman, a former dancer of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and
the U.S. premiere of a work by Tara Brandel, artistic
director of Ireland’s Croí
Glan Integrated Dance Company.
To Mondavi Center: From I-80 take the UC
Davis/Mondavi Center exit and follow signs.
To Wyatt Pavilion and Nelson Hall Studio:
Proceed as above, continuing on Old Davis Road past the Mondavi
Center to Visitor Parking Lot 5.
To Main Theatre, Arena Theatre, and Laboratory Theatre
A: These three theatres are located in Wright
Hall, a short walk through the Arboretum from Visitor
Parking Lot 5.
