Danika Sudik is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC Davis, where she teaches courses in Acting, Acting for Screen, Directing, and Theatre and Dance History. She is an Ovation-nominated director, actor, arts educator, and theatre maker whose practices center social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Her education programs and curricula have been used by Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, Bonnie Franklin’s Classic & Contemporary American Plays, and Journeys in Film, among others. Sudik is a Survivor Fellow and Survivors Connect Lead with Everytown Survivor Network, a Climate Reality Leader, and belongs to the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.