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Chronicle Staff May 3, 2021Updated: May 3, 2021, 7:20 am
Mugwumpin’s Black Baba struts down a scenic path in Cutting Ball Theater’s “Phantasmagoria.” Photo: Julie Schuchard, Cutting Ball Theater
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Cutting Ball, Mugwumpin and Bay Area Theatre Cypher team up for Lewis Carroll collage
Among the few theatrical upsides of the pandemic is the emergence of thrilling multi-troupe collaborations, as companies who were long on each other’s radar suddenly have more bandwidth to make partnerships happen.
The latest in this glorious list, “Phantasmagoria,” brings together two stalwarts of the experimental and avant-garde, Cutting Ball Theater and Mugwumpin, with a relative newbie, Bay Area Theatre Cypher, which combines theater and hip-hop.
Thursday, Feb, 4, 12:05 p.m. to 1 p.m., free, via
Worlds collide as UC Davis graduate students in music and the creative writing program come together to bring us a performance. This concert will showcase collaborative works among five creative writing MFA students and four doctoral students in music composition and theory. The noon concert will also include music, theatre and dance students performing, as well as music faculty. The prerecorded concert will be shown on the
and available for viewing after its premiere,
Feb. 4, 12:05 p.m to 1 p.m. This is the third year of the collaboration. Originally scheduled for spring 2020, the concert was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.