"Look at what is new. An App-based show questions the line between flesh-based and digital experience An experimental web-based production allows audiences to pick an avatar and the version of the show they want to ‘play.’ Click Here to Activate your Experience

Combining resources from several locations, this work was led by UC Davis professor Margaret Laurena Kemp and Northwestern University professor Roger Ellis, “[re:CLICK] 2.0” and began as an American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) incubator project in the fall of 2020 in collaboration with the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance. The collaborating artists devised a virtual, multimedia production based on the characters and themes of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s play “Click.” Reactivated June 18 to 30 on a reimagined web-based platform, “[re:CLICK] 2.0” is a streaming performance featuring a cast from both universities, four time zones and three countries. Goldfinger’s story of post-traumatic growth, transformation and reclaiming who you are, is a #MeToo era story that has been adapted and gamified for the internet. Among its central questions are: What is the line between flesh-based and digital experience? Online audiences will choose from four avatars and pick the version of the performance they want to ‘play,’ choosing the skin they want to step into. “Our creative inquiry was led by curiosity about ‘what is my body on the internet,’” said Kemp, co-director and co-producer of “[re:CLICK] 2.0.”