B.S. American History, Northwestern University 2000
Lucas Hatton teaches performance studies and
social justice at San Jose State University where he has received
a Peer Connections Excellence in Teaching Award and a Service
Learning & Community Engagement Award. As an actor, he has
performed in Chicago at Steppenwolf, I.O., The Hypocrites,
Neo-Futurists, Lifeline, Mary-arrchie, The Gift; and in the Bay
Area with Marin Shakespeare, Livermore Shakespeare, Shotgun, SF
Playhouse, Central Works and Playground. Lucas served as Artistic
Director of Chicago’s PlayMakers Lab Theater and directed
hundreds of original performances of the company’s critically
acclaimed show That’s Weird, Grandma. He directed Incident at
Vichy with Steep Theater and Foolin’ Around with Infinity with
Phalanx Theater, both of which received Critic’s Choice in
Chicago Reader. He appears in several 2K Games including NBA 2016
directed by Spike Lee as well as XCOM:Lazarus and BioShock
Infinite.
A number of alumni appear in The Thanksgiving Play, a
production which marks the debut of the Davis Repertory
Theatre on Nov. 13 and 14 at 2 p.m. in the Village
Homes Amphitheatre, 2655 Portage Bay East in Davis.
An artist’s relationship with this father, a Vietnam War veteran,
is the inspiration for NAM WAR RAW MAN, a new play by UC
Davis MFA candidate Lucas Hatton. The Department of Theatre
and Dance and the Theatre and Dance Ensemble present the premiere
at the Arena Theatre in Wright Hall March 2-4 at 7 p.m. with a 2
p.m. matinee on March 4.
