What was your major(s)? “Double majored in
English/Theatre and Dance.”
Did you do any research/projects in your time as a
Theatre major? “I wrote a one-act play for the Dead Arts
Society student theatre club with Professor Rossini advising. I
was assistant director ’Do Not Obey’ for Margaret
Laurena Kemp and Lisa Quoresimo. I performed in 6 department
shows, including ‘Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play’ and ‘Romeo and
Juliet.’”
Did you have any internships or other jobs during
college? “I had an internship through the English
department as they developed ‘Play the Knave,’ an interactive
Shakespeare-performance game.”
Did you travel while you were a student or after you
graduated? “I studied abroad in London for
two weeks over winter break.”
Have you had any internships/apprenticeships/other jobs
after graduating? “Since leaving UC Davis, I worked as
an apprentice at Capital Stage in Sacramento for a year. I now
work for a solar panel company and at Big Idea Theatre in
Sacramento.”
“In my last quarter at UC Davis, I was cast at Davis Shakespeare
Ensemble for their summer repertory. I have worked consistently
with them, and this will be my third season when I return in the
fall. During the run of those, my first season I was accepted
into the Capital Stage Apprenticeship Program and started that at
the end of August 2016.”
Where is your hometown, and where are you located
now? “I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and now
live in Sacramento.”
Advice? “Work hard, play fair, and try to keep a
sense of humor about yourself. It’s a tough business but if you
want it, you’ll make it happen somehow.”
Theatre & Dance students who graduated with an MFA or PhD have
gone on to many interesting jobs. Here we list recent news items
that have come to our attention. See individual posts for details
about their current work and accomplishments.
Margaret
Laurena Kemp, associate professor of Theatre and Dance, will
participate in the the upcoming VASTA conference in
Orlando, Florida. The Voice and Speech Trainers Association’s
event runs August 4-7 in downtown Orlando.
Kemp will be performing on the 4th and participating in a panel
event on the 7th.
Two-time Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino gave the keynote
speech at the
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 14th Annual
Design Showcase West (DSW) on Saturday, June 4, and in
attendance were Mari Carson and Sojin Han, Master of Fine Arts
design students in UC Davis Department of Theatre and
Dance. The showcase, created by UCLA TFT, is the only
entertainment design showcase on the West Coast featuring the
work of students grad
Emelie Mahdavian, a UC Davis PhD candidate in Performance
Studies, will have her film ”After the Curtain” premiere at
the the Dance on Camera Film Festival at the Walter Reade Theater
on Tuesday, February 16.
The film is to be screened at the upcoming San Luis Obispo Film
Festival on March 17 and 19. For more information, visit SLO
Film Fest 22.
UC Davis alumna Natasha Halevi is an actress in a series
called “Lunch Break Feminist Club,” that was recently accepted
into the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival. The series will
show on December 11th in Hollywood, California.
Please click
here for more details.
Four UC Davis Theatre & Dance MFA alumni were just
nominated for ‘Outstanding Production of a Play’ by Theatre Bay
Area! Their production of “Gruesome Playground Injuries”
included the following alums:
Cast: Maria Candelaria (Class of 2013) and Bobby
August Jr. (Class of 2013)
Director: Iu-Hui Chua (Class of 2013)
Scenic and Costume Design: Maggie S. Chan (Class of 2012)
Alumna Claire Bennett (MFA 2006) has been nominated for a
2014 Emmy Award for her work as Production Designer on
“Modern Family” (ABC). Go to the
Television Academy website to see all Emmy nominees in this
category.
What are you doing these days? We want to hear about your life
since you graduated. Are you working, attending grad school,
or performing somewhere? Please fill out this form to tell
us about your work, accomplishments, awards or future plans.
