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The Department of Theatre and Dance and Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T) present ”A Bee in a Jar,” a play by Andrew Nicholls, on February 19 and 20 at 6 p.m. The virtual production is free.  

In the play, three men with very different temperaments try to figure out why they were seized a month earlier and locked together in a featureless room.  

Nicholls was the spring 2019 Granada Artist-in-Residence when the Department of Theatre and Dance presented his play “{LOVE/logic}.”

“A Bee in a Jar” is directed by theatre and television actor Laura Hall who appeared on Broadway in “Wonderland” and in the recent national tour of the award-winning revival of “Pippin.” 

The cast includes alumni Jordan Brownlee (B.A., cinema and digital media ‘20), Nate Challis (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘20) and Noah VanderVeer-Harris (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘20) as well as undergraduate students Erolina Kamburova and Hailey Peterson. Undergraduate student Shachar-Lee Yaakobovitz is the stage manager. 

A launching pad for new works for the stage, Catalyst (C3T) continues to be a virtual festival in 2021 with online rehearsals and performances. The online process gives Catalyst a national footprint and allows creative teams to collaborate from various locations across time zones. Broadway veteran Mindy Cooper, UC Davis professor of theatre and dance, and Lisa Quoresimo, Ph.D., performance studies, ’18, are co-founders of Catalyst.

The UC Davis College of Letters and Science’s Department of Theatre and Dance produces the 2020-2021 Catalyst season with support from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Bike City Theatre Company, Southern Utah University and San Francisco Youth Theatre.

Catalyst productions may contain adult situations and language.

For details about access to the play and other events, visit catalyst3t.com.