22-year-old Matt Gumley is a musician, writer, actor, and
Broadway veteran. He first found his way into New York City’s
theater scene when he played Chip in “Disney’s Beauty and the
Beast “on Broadway at the age of seven, and now he is here with
us at Davis as an instrumental part of the hit new punk rock
musical, “Fat Kid Rules the World.”
A costume rental service operated by the UC Davis Costume Shop,
The Enchanted Cellar provides year-round costume rentals.
The shop offers more Halloween selections than ever before and
special hours for costume viewing and fittings.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance’s 2018 production of
“The Bluest Eye” has received
four awards at the 2019
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. News of the
victory was recently received by co-director Margaret Laurena
Kemp, associate professor theatre and dance.
Margaret Laurena Kemp, associate professor of theatre and dance,
will appear in “Roman and Julie,” a staged reading of a
play-in-progress at the Montalvo Arts Center on Sept. 26.
Congratulations to Alicia Coca, UC Davis alumna and veteran of
Department of Theatre and Dance productions (“Pippin in concert”
and Ground and Field Theatre Festival), appears in the South
Coast Repertory Theatre’s production of “American
Mariachi,” Sept. 7 through Oct. 5.
The third annual Ground and Field Theatre Festival (GFTF), ‘Play
on the Brink,’ spotlights new plays and musicals written by
local, national and international playwrights and composers,
including Broadway veterans. The main performances take place
beginning Sept. 26 on the UC Davis campus and in community
venues. All are free.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents Bertolt Brecht and
Kurt Weill ’s masterpiece, “The Threepenny Opera,” on November
14-16 and November 21-23 at 7 p.m. and November 16 and 23 at 2
p.m. in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the
award-winning ”Peter and the Starcatcher” as its winter 2020
production. The adventure/comedy will be performed February
27-29 and March 5-7 at 7 p.m. and February 29 and March 7 at
2 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.
