History
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance's ITDP offered opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff from across the campus community to further research through practical exploration and application. Created to expand understanding of creative power, ITDP encouraged cutting-edge research and production across fields of practice and in dialogue with the diverse community of Davis and beyond.
Projects
"The Memorandum," a satire by Vaclav Havel, directed by Alejandro Torres, spring 2012
"Dance Mob," a community project, organized by Shelly Gilbride, spring 2012
"Jess Meets Angus," a co-production of Jess Curtis/Gravity and Silke Z./resistdance, spring 2012
"Lost and Aground: The Woe of The Wavefarer," a new puppetry work created by Rebecca O’Brien, Monica Ammerman, Anna Kritikos, Dan Wilson and Minkyung Kim, spring 2012
"The Haunt at Wright Hall," performance-based haunted house and dance party, fall 2012
"Film Project," produced and directed by Nita Little, fall 2012
“Fractalicious!,” a performance produced by Bryan Reynolds and Transversal Theater Company, fall 2012
“Nectare,” a collaboration in dance performance between choreographers Jarrell Iu-Hui Chua and Christine Germain, fall 2012
"Dead Man’s Cell Phone," a comedy written by MacArthur Fellowship recipient Sarah Ruhl and directed by Kevin Adamski, fall 2012
"Championing Beckett: Ruby Cohn and Her Legacy with Samuel Beckett," a panel discussion examining the writing of the late Ruby Cohn, UC Davis professor emerita and renowned theater scholar and Samuel Beckett specialist, fall 2012
"Today I Live," written by Susan-Jane Harrison, directed by Jessa Brie Berkner, fall 2012
"The Dogs of War," text by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Josy Miller, spring 2013
"El Coloquio de Los Perros," written by Miguel de Cervantes, directed by Adrienne Martín, spring 2013
"Wigs Turn the Music," a devised original theater piece created by Lindsay Beamish and Amanda Vitiello, fall 2013
"Body of Knowledge," by Linda Noveroske-Tritten, fall 2013
"LAKE & The Death Star Migration," by Deirdre Morris, fall 2013
"the change(d)," devised and directed by Duskin Drum, spring 2013
"Finding as Making//Singing No Songs," an improvised piece for voice and electronics composed by Gretchen Jude, winter 2014
"The Space Between," devised by Brandon Gonzalez, winter 2014
"Somaception," by Kristen Rulifson, winter 2014
"Disequilibria," created by Raissa Simpson, winter 2015
"Real Women Have Curves," by Josefina López, directed by Sara Moncada, spring 2015
"God of Carnage," by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, spring 2015
"CHARLOTTE CHARKE / MR. BROWN," an experimental musical, devised under the direction of Lisa Quoresimo, spring 2015
"El animal de Hungría (The Beast of Hungary)," a comedy by Lope de Vega, spring 2015
“Elements” by Japanese writer/director Shogo Ohta, directed by Peter Peter Litchenfels, spring 2017
“Low Flying Planes,” a collaborative work vy David Grenke and Jon D. Rossini, spring 2017
“Bacholerette” by Leslye Headland, directed by Sarah Assaad, winter 2019