Emile Rappaport (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘19) works in
video production for the Los Angeles based Zach
King Team which specializes in making short, high
concept videos that are shared onto Tik Tok, Instagram, and
YouTube. Though Rappaport originally arrived in L.A. to pursue an
acting career.
Annie Saunders, a multidisciplinary creator and director of
site-specific experiences, is the fall 2021 Granada
Artist-in-Residence for the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Saunders will be joined by her core collaborator Jackie! Zhou, a
Los Angeles-based artist and sound designer.
In harmony with other venues on the UC Davis campus and across
the state of California, The Arts departments are committed to
providing as safe an experience as possible to our greater
community—and will do so until state or county guidelines are
lifted.
We are dismayed at the recent racist violence, and murders, in
Atlanta, and across the country, against Asian and Asian-American
people and women in particular. We recognize that this is part of
an ongoing regime of racism and violence and denounce it.
We stand in solidarity with those working against racism in
our communities, workplaces, government, and cultural
environment.
As Artists and Educators in Theatre, Dance, and Performance we
unequivocally condemn the historically rooted and pervasive
racist murders of African Americans and other people of color by
police in the United States and globally. We acknowledge these
most recent examples are not unique. We acknowledge this plague
is systemic and extends beyond the police. We cannot function as
a society, nor as a learning institution, in a context where
people of color cannot walk, jog, drive, talk, or even sleep in
their homes safely without fear of being murdered by the state.
We certainly cannot teach our craft, which is by its very nature
a living and breathing engagement with all people, without
denouncing this violence, and the hateful rhetoric that fuels it.
Ian Wallace, lecturer in scenic design, is the scenic designer
and co-director of photography for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
which running weekends through Nov. 21. The Falcon’s Eye
production is performed in person at Folsom Lake College or is
available through a live stream.
A number of alumni appear in The Thanksgiving Play, a
production which marks the debut of the Davis Repertory
Theatre on Nov. 13 and 14 at 2 p.m. in the Village
Homes Amphitheatre, 2655 Portage Bay East in Davis.
Emile Rappaport (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘19) currently
works in video production for Zach King Team which
specializes in making short, high concept videos that are shared
onto Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube. The team is currently
seeking Los Angeles based crew for a variety of positions.
Professor Mindy Cooper is collaborating with pianist Lara Downes on Tomorrow I
May Be Far Away which includes an appearance by
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove.
The in-person performance is Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. (EST) at Sixth & I in Washington, DC.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents
Location and Listening, a series of original audio works
inspired by campus locales. The audio presentations will be
accessible Dec. 3-10.