Alexander Boyd graduated from the University of California
at Davis Graduate Program in Performance Studies in June 2014.
His dissertation, “The Sustainability of Traditional Knowledge
Systems: Embodied Learning through Practice, Teaching and
Application,” draws on 20 years of professional practice and
teaching in Daoist Qigong arts (Daojiao Lishi Quanfa)
that he has studied since 1985 with his main teachers Chee Soo
(who passed in 1994) and Desmond Murray.
M.F.A., Dramatic Arts, UC Davis B.A., Theater, Film, and Television, UCLA
Danika Sudik is a lecturer in the
Department of Theatre and Dance at UC Davis, where she
teaches courses in Acting, Acting for Screen, Directing, and
Theatre and Dance History. She is an Ovation-nominated director,
actor, arts educator, and theatre maker whose practices center
social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
Ms. Cavanaugh has choreographed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(for five seasons as choreographer and actor), Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, The New Victory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre,
Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Brisbane
Arts Festival, La Mama E.T.C., Aurora Theatre Company,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, San
Francisco Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, Shakespeare at
Stinson, Mills College Rep, and Summerfest Dance and California
Shakespeare Theater (where she is an Associate Artist) for 17
seasons.
Stuart Carroll is the Artistic Director of the Sacramento-based
Capitol Ballet Company. He has presented The Nutcracker, Swan
Lake, Giselle, Paquita, La
Bayadère, and Don
Quixote to local audiences and the surrounding
communities with support and funding from the Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission and the California Arts Council.
Michele Apriña Leavy is a professional actor and
theatre educator. Originally from Oakland, CA, she
has performed locally with such companies as the American
Conservatory Theater, Alameda Civic Ballet, Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, The Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival, BRAVA Theater
Center, California Shakespeare Theater, Center Repertory Company,
Livermore Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theatre Company, The San
Francisco Playhouse, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, among
others. In farther locales, she has appeared with Theatre
Key West
M.F.A., Technical Design and Production, Yale School of Drama
Steven Schmidt is a Davis native and the Technical Director for
California Shakespeare Theater where he oversees scenic
construction on productions for Cal Shakes, A.C.T., Magic
Theatre, Shotgun Players, and Berkeley Playhouse. Previously,
Steven worked as the Associate Head of Production for Yale
Repertory Theatre, and has consulted on productions for Oregon
Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Steven is a
co-author of Structural Design for the
Stage (2nd edition) and has presented on panels at the
United States Institute Theatre Technology.
