Rhett Guter, an award-winning director, choreographer and actor,
will be the winter 2026 Granada Artist-in-Residence serving as
director and choreographer for The Drowsy
Chaperone, the Department of Theatre and Dance’s winter
quarter production.
The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of
California, Davis is dedicated to integrating consent-based
practices into all classroom, studio and production environments.
The 180 Series of courses provide exciting practical instruction
and participation in all aspects of theatrical and dance
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Theatre & Dance Major, Minor, or are simply an interested
non-affiliated student, you will find passionate people working
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Alum Isaac Hirotsu Woofter (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘00) is the
director and writer of the new film Bound, which will
have its Bay area theatrical premiere May 16 – 22 (7pm) at
the Alameda Theatre
and Cineplex.
In 2024 alum Mengyuan “Mia” Qin (B.A., theatre and
dance, ‘20) has served as a production assistant on the Broadway
musical Maybe
Happy Ending which has been nominated for
ten 2025 Tony Award nominations including Best
Musical.
Professor Margaret Laurena Kemp, chair, theatre and dance, has
created a unique course which develops performance that uses
Black literature as its foundation. Offered by the Department of
African American and African Studies, The Page, the Lens, the
Stage: Making Performance (AAS 152) will be offered in spring
quarter 2025.
UC Davis Theater and Dance alum Angel Rodriguez (‘12) and
faculty member and alum Michele Apriña Leavy
recently appeared in the Alameda Civic Ballet’s 20th
Anniversary production of The Nutcracker. The production
was performed Nov. 23 and 24 at the Castro Valley Center for
the Arts in Castro Valley.
The Department of Theatre and Dance is holding auditions on
Friday, Sept. 19 for the 2025 fall quarter production
of Written and Directed By. Directed by
student directors, the production features four one-act plays
written by undergraduate students.
Open to all UC Davis students, auditions will be 3-8 p.m. in
the Arena Theatre.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will open its 2025-2026
season with Written and Directed by, a performance of
four new one-act plays authored by undergraduate students.
The production runs Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. and
Nov. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. in the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre on Old
Davis Road.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present
Control/Shift, the fall dance concert, Nov. 19, 20
and 21 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. in the
intimate Vanderhoef Studio, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for
the Performing Arts at UC Davis.
