Devised and Directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Dominique
Serrand
Taking the structure of an oratorio built from song, dance,
story, and character, this devised work explores the epic forces
of a flood. Just as Faulkner’s novella “Old Man” used the
Mississippi flood of 1927 as the backdrop for his story, here the
key elements of Faulkner’s story form the point of
departure: a convict set free by the rising of the river, a
young pregnant woman marooned in a tree, a deer swimming for its
life, the birth of a child, and the bursting of the levees.
This production contains partial nudity and some profanity.
UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presentsthe new work
Come Hell and High Water, devised and directed by
Granada Artist-in-Residence and internationally renowned Dominque
Serrand and co-written by Steven Epp. This epic American play
explores the forces of a flood using the structure of an oratorio
built from song, dance, story and character. Come Hell and
High Water opens on Thursday, March 3, and continues through
Sunday, March 13, at Main Theatre,Wright Hall, UC Davis.
Paris native Dominique Serrand was Artistic Director and one of
the co-founders of Theatre de la Jeune Lune (1978-2008). He
studied at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Mr.
