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• INTERNATIONAL THEATER OF COMMUNITY FESTIVAL •
LIST OF EVENTS
January 24 & January 25
White Privilege: Panel Discussion, January 24 @ 11:00 am
Performance, January 25 @ 4:00 pm
Thomas DeFrantz, writer/performer | Quran Karriem, composer/performer
CTSA Dean Tiffany Ana López, moderator | Drama Professor Vincent Olivieri, organizer
To learn more & register, follow the link below:
https://www.arts.uci.edu/event/white-privilege-panel-discussion-and-performance
January 31 & February 1
Saul Williams in performance & conversation
featuring music by Arami Walker
UCI, xMPL, Jan. 31 @ 7 pm talk & conversation with Saul Williams
UCI, xMPL Feb. 1 @ 7 pm Saul Williams performance featuring Arami Walker
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 4 & 6
Benjamin Rivers workshops, performance & conversations
February 4, 2025 | 5:00–8:00 p.m., Workshop on "Playback Theater" (Studio 4)
February 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm, "The Invaders’ Fear of Memories" Performance
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 6 & 8
Raffi Feghali workshops, performance & conversations
February 6, 2025 | 2:00-5:00 pm "An Intro to Image Theatre"
February 8, 2025 @ 2pm & 7pm "Interview the Dead" directed by Vicky Michalopoulou
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 7
Sayda Trujillo workshops, performance & conversations
February 7 | 1 to 3 pm "Devising in Nepantla: Embodying Voice and Listening in Times of War"
February 7 | @ 7 pm Sayda Trujillo with Sergio Reyes "Win the War or Tell Me a story"
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 8
Transversal Theater's performance of "Interview the Dead"
February 8, 2025 @ 2 pm and 7 pm "Interview the Dead" directed by Vicky Michalopoulou
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 9
Michael Moshe Dahan screening & conversations
February 9, 2025 @ 7pm screening of the film "Yes Repeat No" & Q&A
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 12 & 13
Nataki Garrett workshops & conversations
February 12, 2025 @ 2 pm in Conversation "Leadership in the Arts"
February 13, 2025 @ 2pm Workshop "Performing Arts Leadership"
Colloquium Room, Third Floor, Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 13, 14 & 15
Dr. Shamell Bell workshops, performance & conversations
February 13, 2025 @ 5:00-7:00 pm "Choreographies of the Liberated: Street Dance Activism as a Pedagogy of Freedom" (xMPL)
February 14, 2025 @ 5:00-6:30 pm "Collective Freedom Dreaming: Engaged Pedagogy and Radical Love as Praxis" (Studio 4)
February 15 @ 7 pm - "Choreographies of the Liberated: A Street Dance Activism Showcase" (xMPL)
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
February 22 - March 1
Performances of "Railroad", directed by Chloe King
Railroad is a play of intense humanity spiraling into the black hole of the Holocaust. Three families from three cultures span four generations over two eras to reveal the horrors of confinement, the joys of childish dreams, the lack of air, the power of faith, and the freedom of flight. Centripetal, centrifugal, and reeling by turns, the play emerges from the defining center of the 20th century to arrive at the trembling imbalance of the present day.
February 21, Invited Dress @ 8 pm
February 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 pm
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
Performances of "Ancestry", directed by Daniel Keeling
Inspired by true events in 2015 when an Ivy League professor attempted to conceal a Hollywood mogul’s slave-owning family’s past, “Ancestry” dramatizes the injustice of slavery and its fundamental relationship to academia and the entertainment industry.
February 20, Invited Dress @ 8 pm
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 pm
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm
February 27, 2025 at 7:00 pm
March 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL): Contemporary Arts Center, Building 721, Irvine, CA 92617
May 16 & 17
Performances of "Poland Is Not Yet Lost!" by Dorota Abbe & Michael Rubenfeld
May 16 @ 7:00 PM
May 17 @ 7:00 PM
“Poland is not yet lost …” is a provocation exploring both the seduction and dangers of nationalism. It is written, directed and performed by Polish Jews, Dorota Abbe, born in Poland and Michael Rubenfeld, a native of Canada, who play versions of themselves in the performance. Structured much like a political rally, the audience is invited to imagine Poland’s incredible possible future Jewish reality; a world of equality … for all Jewish people.
The Little Theater: 601 Humanities Quad, Irvine, CA 92697
"Poland Is Not Yet Lost!"
by Dorota Abbe & Michael Rubenfeld
PAST 2024 & 2025 EVENTS
• PAST 2024 EVENTS •
Nov 13 | Shafii Mwita Haji (Gasica Johnson)
San Marcos Middle School | 650 W. Mission Red. San Marcos, CA 92069 @ 11am-12:30pm
*Journey School in Aliso Viejo | 27102 Foxborough, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 | Thursday @ 2pm*
Come listen to a talk by Gasica Johnson who is an educational philanthropist in Zanzibar and founded “Zanzibar Learning 4 Life Foundation.” This NGO teaches English, Math, IT, life skills and entrepreneurship to 200 young people aged 5-25. In addition, Gasica founded the “Heroes Community Academy” and now has 250 children enrolled in a thriving school.
Nov 20 | Juliette Carrillo's reading of "Ghost Town"
UCI, Little Theater (Humanities Hall, 1st Floor) @ 6:30pm
Set against the colorful and complicated neighborhood of Oakwood in Venice, CA, Ghost Town is the love story between a woman and her house. When Zelda is offered big bucks for her charming Bungalow, she’ll have to decide – should she stay or should she go? Visited by the ghosts of Venice past, present, and future, Zelda learns of the vibrant history of her community – the visions of Abbot Kinney, the dreams of migrant families, and the inspiration for generations of artists and creatives. But she also learns that not everyone is as they seem and the future may be dark for her beloved home. Full of music and revelry, Ghost Town serves up a story of home, community, and change that is both raucous and real.
Nov 21 | Juliette Carrillo & Nataki Garrett in Conversation
(Two nationally acclaimed directors discuss their successes and challenges in the American Theatre)
UCI, CAC Colloquium Room (3rd Floor) @ 5:30pm
Nataki Garrett is an accomplished writer, director and producer of Stage, Opera, Film and XR/VR. Garrett has a passion for new and innovative work. She co-wrote and directed The Carolyn Bryant Project which premiered at REDCAT. She has directed and produced world premieres by some of the most important playwrights of our time, including Katori Hall, Branden Jacobs- Jenkins, Karen Zacarias, Dominique Morriseau and Aziza Barnes. A change-maker and trailblazer, and nationally recognized Artistic Leader at Large, Garrett was the sixth Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), one of the few women of color in the country to lead a major theater company and OSF’s first Black female in this role.
Juliette Carrillo is a nationally recognized theatre director, writer, award-winning filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA, and Associate Professor of Directing at UC Irvine. She has directed plays and musicals at the Denver Theater Center, Yale Repertory Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Magic Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Arizona Theater Company, and the Actor's Theatre of Louisville.
Nov 22 & 23 | UCI's Brown Bag Theatre Company's Fall Production of Marco Antonio Rodriguez' "Ashes of Light"
UCI, Nixon Theater, Nov 22 @ 6pm
UCI, Nixon Theater, Nov 23 @ 2pm & 6pm
Over the course of two evenings mother and son, two estranged generations of Dominicans living in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, attempt to rekindle the love and appreciation for each other and their roots; but unexpectedly revealed intimate and taboo secrets threaten to destroy an already thin bond.
Dec 6, 7 & 8 | UCI's Black Door Theatre Company's Fall Production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's "Fairview"
UCI, Little Theater, Dec 6 & 7 @ 8pm
UCI, Little Theater, Dec 8 @ 2pm
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At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place…! FAIRVIEW is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas, and the insidiousness of white supremacy.
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