Professor L.M. Bogad, chair of theatre and dance, has been
awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
from the John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation. Bogad received his fellowship for his
achievements in the category of Theatre Arts and Performance
Studies.
Ben Carter (B.A. theatre and dance, ‘20) has written and directed
a virtual musical parody that features numerous UC Davis and
undergraduate students on and off screen. With music by Nate
Challis (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘20), the collaborative
project, A Marvelous Parody, spoofs superhero genre
films.
American Theatre Magazine has spotlighted Professor L.M.
Bogad, chair of theatre and dance, for his efforts as an activist
clown during the 2020 presidential election. In an article
titled “Send in the Activist Clowns,” writer Nicole Gluckstern
details the work of numerous performers who used street
theatre to provoke laughter and political introspection
nationwide.
John Iacovelli, professor emeritus, has received a Los
Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award nomination for
his scenic design for the La Mirada Theatre for the
Performing Arts‘ production of Arsenic and Old Lace.
His design was nominated in the large theatre category. The
awards will be presented in Los Angeles on March 30.
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.
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 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.
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.
