Graduate student Barnaby O’Rorke has devised When It Works,
where are you? Invitations and shared practices, a Zoom
Ecamm performance in which each iteration features improvisation
with live and recorded material. The UC Davis Department of
Theatre and Dance presents the work on April 19, 21 and 23 at 5
p.m. PST.
Graduate student Danielle Levin has written and created Whole
Cloth, an M.F.A. project, in which a woman confronts her
family legacy and heritage. The UC Davis Department of
Theatre and Dance presents the play April 15-17.
Graduate student Verónica Díaz-Muñiz has gathered testimonies by
women who have been victims of state violence in Chile and the
U.S. to create her M.F.A. project, OJOXOJO. The UC Davis
Department of Theatre and Dance presents the play April
10-12.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance and Catalyst: A
Theatre Think Tank are seeking audition videos for the new
musical comedy Juliet and Romeo.
A comedic spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale, Juliet and
Romeo centers on a second rate author who finds himself in
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and his determination to
figure out how to change the ending.
A Shakespearean tragedy gets a contemporary musical comedy
makeover when the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance
and Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T) present “Juliet and
Romeo” in a free virtual production June 3–5 at 6 p.m.
“Juliet and Romeo” is developed in special collaboration with
Southern Utah University’s Department of Theatre, Dance and
Arts Administration with support from the Robert and Margrit
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and the Jan Shrem and
Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
Created by Paul Gordon, a Tony Award nominee for his music for
“Jane Eyre,” and Curtis Moore, an Emmy Award nominee for original
song for Amazon’s ”The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” this
contemporary spin on the Bard’s classic centers on
a second-rate author who finds himself in Shakespeare’s
“Romeo and Juliet” and his determination to figure out how to
change the ending!
The production is co-directed Broadway veteran Mindy Cooper, UC
Davis professor of theatre and dance, and alumna Lisa Quoresimo,
Ph.D., performance studies, ‘18, who is assistant professor of
theatre and dance at SUU. Gordon and Moore are the Granada
Artists-in-Residence for spring 2021.
The Department of Theatre and Dance is part of the UC Davis
College of Letters and Science.
For details about these and other events, visit catalyst3t.com.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world premiere
of ”{LOVE/Logic},” a play by Andrew Nicholls, on May 16-18
and 23-25 at 7 p.m. and May 18 and 25 at 2.p.m. in the Wyatt
Pavilion Theatre.
Nicholls is the spring 2019 Granada Artist-in-Residence. The
production is directed by alumna Josy Miller.
Analysis of the contribution of outstanding costume designers for
cinema, television and filmed entertainment. Taught by
award-winning costume designer who was assistant designer on “Men
in Black,” “Batman and Robin” and “Casino.”
Tara Brandel, theatre and dance graduate student, will share her
reworking of classic Irish theatre (with apologies) on
Wednesday, June 6. “Go and Come” will be performed in the Della
Davidson Performance Studio in Nelson Hall at 4:30 p.m. The
presentation is free.
According to Brandel, the work in progress is a social experiment
that is post Celtic Tiger, post Celtic revival, post whatever…
The one-act features undergraduate student Rose Kim,
doctoral student Jesse Stokes, and graduate student Justin
Streichman and is devised and directed by Brandel.
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, wants nothing more than to
be loved. Confronting turmoil at home, she prays for Shirley
Temple’s blue eyes, believing their beauty is the only thing
standing between her and the happiness of the white girls at
school.
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.
