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Alumnus Tom Burmester Chosen as Executive Director of Historic Woodland Opera House

Alumnus Tom Burmester (B.A., dramatic arts, ’01; PhD, performance studies, ‘22) has been named as the new executive director of The Historic Woodland Opera House (WOH). He replaces the outgoing director Angela Baltezore who will retire in June.

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Bogad Satire Presented as Virtual Event
Playwright Interviewed on Boston Television

Professor L.M. Bogad’s play COINTELSHOW: A PATRIOT ACT is a biting political satire about COINTELPRO, the FBI’s counterintelligence program with which they sabotaged, disrupted, and repressed domestic groups like the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the American Indian Movement, along with individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Hampton. The play is being presented by ArtsEmerson as a virtual event March 8-12.

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Theatre and Dance Alumni in Sacramento “Twelfth Night”

A number of UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance alumni are working on the Big Idea Theatre’s upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy Twelfth Night. The play is being presented March 3-April 1.

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Professor Emerita Maggie Morgan Designs Two Bay Area Productions

Maggie Morgan, professor emerita of theatre and dance, has designed costumes for two stage works recently produced in the Bay Area.

Upcoming Events

Seasonal Event

Auditions for Outside the Lines
Spring 2023

The Department of Theatre and Dance will hold auditions for the spring 2023 edition of Outside the Lines on April 8 in the Hickey Gym 185 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

The creative team is seeking dancers and physical theatre performers for new works by graduate and undergraduate students. Auditions are open to all UC Davis students. The choreography has been developed under the guidance of Professor David Grenke. 

Performances will be May 18-20 in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.  

Seasonal Event

White Dancer Loops
MFA Project

The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will present White Dancer Loops, an MFA project, by graduate student Teresa Salas in collaboration with anthropology doctoral student Ileanna Cheladyn on April 11-14 in the Della Davidson Performance Studio, Nelson Hall. Performances begin at 8:30 p.m. and are free.

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Diversity Statements…Hear Us

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The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will present Diversity Statements…Hear Us, a choral documentary drama, on April 28 and 30 in the Arena Theatre, Wright Hall. Performances begin at 7 p.m. and are free.

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Outside the Lines
Spring 2023

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the spring 2023 edition of Outside the Lines on May 18-20 in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall. Performances begin at 7 p.m.

The program includes performances of new works by graduate and undergraduate students. The choreography has been developed under the guidance of Professor David Grenke. 

Seasonal Event

Open, Stay
Spring 2023

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present Open, Stay, a new musical, June 7-10 in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

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