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Alumna Kim McCann Lawson Has Died

Alumna Kim McCann Lawson (MFA, dramatic arts, ’81), a distinguished actor and educator in the greater Sacramento region, died on Sept. 15.

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Alumna Raissa Simpson’s Dance Company Wins Isadora Duncan Award

Alumna Raissa Simpson (MFA, dramatic arts, ‘16), artistic director of PUSH Dance Company, and her company have won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Performance Ensemble. The recognition came for the work Expedition, directed and choreographed by Simpson and performed outside in front of 447 Minna Street, San Francisco.

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Greta Gerwig Drew Inspiration from Off-Broadway Production that Featured Alumna

Alumna and instructor Jennifer Grace (MFA, dramatic arts, ‘21) starred in an acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Our Town in 2009 that Barbie director Greta Gerwig drew inspiration from as she wrote the screenplay for her breakout film Lady Bird. Gerwig shared that insight with film legend Francis Ford Coppola in a November 2017 Q&A for Interview magazine

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Alumnus Dahlak Brathwaite Directs “Yankee Bajan” in Barbados

Alumnus and winter 2024 Granada Artist-in-Residence Dahlak Brathwaite (B.A., English and theatre and dance, ’08) recently directed the original play Yankee Bajan at Errol Barrow Center for Creative Imagination, Walcott Warner Theatre, University of the West Indies, Barbados. 

Upcoming Events

Seasonal Event

“As You Like It” Seeks Vocalist/Performer
Fall Quarter Production

SIGN UP FOR SEPT. 26 AUDITIONS

The Department of Theatre and Dance will hold auditions for a vocalist/performer for the role of Amiens in the fall quarter production of As You Like It. The auditions will be held Sept. 26 in the Arena Theatre, Wright Hall, 6:30-8 p.m.

Open to all UC Davis students, the casting for this role is not gender specific but the creative team is looking for someone who can sing. Please sign up for an audition slot at the link above.   

Seasonal Event

As You Like It
Fall 2023

“All the world’s a stage,” when the Department of Theatre and Dance presents William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It. The classic opens the department’s 2023-2024 season on Nov. 16 in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall. 

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The Laramie Project
Winter 2024

Triggered by a hate crime which brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws nationwide, The Laramie Project is a riveting contemporary drama that challenges the inhabitants of a rural American community. The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the play Feb. 22, 23, 24, 29 and March 1 at 7 p.m. and March 2 at 2 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.  

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Hip-Hop Theatrical Musical Performance
Winter 2024

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, internationally acclaimed hip-hop performer/creator and alumnus Dahlak Brathwaite (B.A., English and theatre and dance, ’08) returns to UC Davis for a five-week hip-hop workshop of a new musical theatrical performance piece in winter quarter.

Performances developed in the workshop project are March 7, 8 and 9 at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre and begin at 7 p.m.

Seasonal Event

Our Town
Spring 2024

This timeless drama of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is an American classic. The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the play May 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 at 7 p.m. and May 25 at 2 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.  

Seasonal Event

Spring Dance Concert
Spring 2024

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the spring 2023 dance concert June 4-6 in the Della Davidson Performance Studio, Nelson Hall. Performances begin at 7 p.m.

The program features new works created by student choreographers under the direction of Doria E. Carlson, visiting professor, theatre and dance. 

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