FALL QUARTER

Sideshow Physical Theatre: Elephant‘s Graveyard, written and directed by Jade Rosina McCutcheon — 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24 and 30-31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Postperformance question-and-answer sessions. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center.

Tribes: the unified field, written and choreographed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Sara Shelton Mann; and Corpo/Ilicito: The Post-Human Society 6.9, written and directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Guillermo Gómez-Peña with students and faculty — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 18-21; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. Main Theatre.

WINTER QUARTER

THIRDeYE Theatre Festival, artistic director Peter Lichtenfels — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Jan. 27-30; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31. Wyatt Pavilion Theatre.

Dances for Non-Fictional Bodies (excerpt), choreographed by graduating Master of Fine Arts candidate Jess Curtis; and Blue Jointedness, choreographed by graduating MFA candidate Nina Galin — 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb 12-13 and 19-20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center.

Director’s Showcase (the work has yet to be announced), directed by graduating MFA candidate John Zibell — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 24-27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Wyatt Pavilion Theatre.

The Seagull, by Anton Chekov (translation by Michail Fraine), directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Katya Kamotskaia — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, March 10-13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14. Main Theatre.

SPRING QUARTER

Solo Explorations, acting thesis presentations by graduating MFA candidates — 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 2-3. Arena Theatre, Wright Hall, and other locations to be announced.

Main Stage Dance Theatre Festival, new choreographies by undergraduate and graduate students, and UC Davis dance instructors — 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 9-10, and Friday, April 16; and 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17 (Picnic Day); and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 18. Main Theatre.

Some Things Are Private, written by Deborah Salem Smith and Laura Kepley, directed by graduating MFA candidate Candice Andrews — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, May 5-8; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 9. Main Theatre. Postperformance talk-back session: “What Is Art?”

A Matter of Taste (a performance and food event), created and directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Anna Fene-more — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, May 19-22; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 23. Location to be announced.

UC Davis Film Festival — 8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, May 26-27. Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St., Davis.

Performance dates and venues subject to change.

Tickets are available through the Mondavi Center box office: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787 or mondaviarts.org.

Read about the theatre-dance department's 2009-10 season.