L. M. Bogad is a Guggenheim Fellow, author, performance
artist/activist, educator, Director of the Center for
Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army. He has
performed across the United States, Europe, and South America,
from SF MOMA, the Whitney Museum, Yerba Buena Arts Center, and
the Mattress Factory to occupied zones and a squatted military
base in Barcelona. He has led Tactical Performance workshops
around the world, including in Cairo during the first month of
the Egyptian Revolution.
PhD, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown UniversityM.A., History and Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown UniversityB.A, History with minor in Drama, Stanford University
Doria E. Charlson is thrilled to be joining
the faculty of the department of Theatre and Dance at UC Davis as
a Visiting Assistant Professor. Doria earned her PhD in Theatre
Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University, from which
she also holds MA degrees in History and Theatre Arts and
Performance Studies. She also earned a BA in History with a minor
in Drama from Stanford University.
M.F.A. in Theatre (Concentration in Lighting Design), Illinois State University, 2019B.A. in Theater, Summa Cum Laude- North Greenville University, 2014
An avid writer, artist, musician and advocate, Ethan
Hollinger has worked across the country as a lighting,
sound, and media designer in such venues as the Duluth Playhouse,
New Hazlett Theatre, Tennessee GSFTA, Southern Appalachian
Repertory Theatre, and the Texas Shakespeare Festival to name a
few. In addition to teaching and mentorship, Hollinger’s designs
have been seen academically at Illinois State University,
PCPA/Pacific Conservatory Theatre in Santa Maria, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, the University of Minnesota-Duluth,
and soon, UC Davis.
M.F.A. Classical Theatre, The George Washington University at The Shakespeare TheatreB.S. Interdepartmental Studies, School of Speech, Northwestern University
Margaret Laurena Kemp has appeared on regional
and international stages including Arena Stage, Mark Taper Forum,
Yale Rep, South Coast Repertory, La Mama Theatre (Melbourne,
Australia), Theatre of Changes (Athens, Greece), Red Pear Theatre
(Antibes, France), and The Magnet Theatre (Cape Town, South
Africa).
Ph.D. Duke University, 1999B.A. University of Cincinnati, Phi Beta KappaPerformance Studies
Jon D. Rossini received his PhD in English from Duke University
in 1999 and is Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
and the Graduate Group in Performance Studies at UC Davis as well
as a CAMPSSAH affiliate. He teaches courses in the History of
Theatre and Dance, Latinx Theatre and Performance, Race and
Ethnicity in Performance, Dramaturgy, Playwriting, Performance
Theory, and Performance/Performative Writing.