ON STAGE
BOT I — Performance artist Praba Pilar has teamed up with director Nitza Tenenblat to create a contemporary interpretation of the ethos of the technocultural era. BOT I, partly inspired by Samuel Beckett’s NOT I (1972), is “a situated practice as research performance project” exploring the discursive and practical erasures of the technocultural revolution. Free. 8 p.m. Feb. 11, Arena Theatre, Wright Hall. Sponsor: Department of Theatre and Dance.
The Vagina Monologues — Presented by ٺƵ students and community members. Benefiting My Sister’s House, and the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center of Yolo County, as well as the V-Day Spotlight Campaign for Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 7 p.m. Feb. 12, and 2 and 7 p.m. Feb. 13, Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St., Davis. Tickets: $5-$15, on a sliding scale, available at the Women’s Resources and Research Center, 113 North Hall.Sponsors: Women’s Resources and Research Center, and Consortium for Women and Research.
MFA choreographies — Master of Fine Arts candidates present their choreographic theses, back to back at each performance: Dances for Non-Fictional Bodies (excerpt) by Jess Curtis; and Jointedness by Nina Galin. Advisory: This production may contain full or partial nudity. 8 p.m. Feb. 12-13 and 19-20, and 2 p.m. Feb. 21. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center.
POETRY
The Center for Arts and the Muse is a co-sponsor of readings and workshops by Nepalese poet and scholar Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma.
• Feb. 8 — 6-7:30 p.m. workshop, 7:30 p.m. reading. Sacramento Poetry Center, 25th and R streets.
• Feb. 9 — Noon reading, 12:30-2 p.m. workshop. 126 Voorhies Hall.
• Feb. 10 — 12:30 p.m. reading, 1-2:30 p.m. workshop. Summit Room, third floor, University Union, California State University, Sacramento.
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu