Lisa Quoresimo is Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at
Southern Utah University. She is an internationally produced
composer and playwright, and an active director and performer.
Her work has been seen at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (West Coast
Premiere of An Octoroon), Shotgun Players, and the Brava
Theatre, and she served as Artistic Director of the Kairos
Theatre in New York City for many years.
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, B.A. Performing Art – Theater
Teresa Salas (she/her) is a performance
practitioner, teacher and mother from Chile. She has worked in
physical theater, dance and movement-based performances since
2005. Teresa worked five years in Italy at Grotowski’s
Workcenter, training in voice, movement and directing,
culminating in the opus The Living Room. She is a member
of the dance company Danza CIEC in Chile, and has participated as
a performer and creator in various experimental pieces both in
Chile and Europe.
Edward Talston-Jackson is a dual native of Hamburg, Germany
and Las Vegas, Nevada. Having studied music and dance, Mr.
Jackson graduated with a BFA from the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas. After the University, he worked with various dance
companies as a soloist and guest artist. The latest of those
companies is the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
heads the South Suburban College theatre program in South
Holland, Illinois, just south of Chicago. She is Director of the
SSC Playhouse, which hosted a Chicago-wide, week long Shakespeare
intensive with English Touring Theatre Artistic Director, Stephen
Unwin (UC Davis Granada Artist-in-Residence). In addition, Bobbie
built the SSC Playhouse’s first theatre website (
www.southsuburbancollege.edu/drm ), and developed core college
curriculum.
is the artistic director of City Lights Theatre Company of San
Jose and has accepted a full-time teaching position at Foothill
College. Tom’s 2001 winter holiday show was Moliere’s The Miser.
is the Conservatory Director of the Solano College Theatre’s
actor training program. Since graduation she has been teaching at
colleges and universities all around Northern California,
including UC Davis, acting, and raising her two daughters. She
played Vivian Bearing in Solano’s production of Margaret Edson’s
Wit . Appeared as Felicity in Shadow Box as a Guest Artist at
Solano College Theatre. Directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at
Solano Repertory Theatre in Fairfield. Appeared as Hecuba in
“Trojan Women” at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley (Design by J
Iacovelli).
was Dorothy in The Wiz at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland and
also appeared at Sacramento’s Music Circus. She was with the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon from February
through October 2001, appearing in Life is a Dream, directed by
Laird Williamson; Enter the Guardsman, directed by Peter Amster;
and The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Lillian Groag. Kalene
lives in the San Francisco Bay area and teaches when she is not
performing.
is New Works Director for TheatreWorks of San Francisco.
Previously he was associate artistic director at the Magic
Theatre, where he produced the Raw Play: Script-in-Hand series
and directed the world premiere of Kissing the Witch by Emma
Donoghue and the American premiere of Stones in His Pockets by
Marie Jones, as well as Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock
(winner of Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Best Production,
Best New Play and Best Ensemble) and The Water Engine for Shotgun
Players.
is Executive/ArtisticDirector of Sonoma County Repertory Theatre
in Sebastopol, CA. Prior to the Rep, she served as Director of
Artistic Learning for the California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal
Shakes). During her tenure at Cal Shakes, year round classes
tripled in enrollment and the student matinee program increased
over 75%. She also developed education partnerships with schools
in Berkeley, Orinda, Richmond and Pinole, directed the Student
Company production of Much Ado About Nothing, and launched a
Pre-College Shakespeare program. Before Cal Shakes, Ms.
is living in New York City, and with former UCD classmate Kara
Tsiaperas (MFA ‘98) founded a new professional theatre, Pandora’s
Box, intended to “provide an environment for up-and-coming
theater artists…to explore contemporary plays.” Hall and
Tsiaperas’s first work was Eric Overmyer’s On the Verge directed
by Steve Ramshur, previously assistant director of the New York
premier of Edward Albee’s The Play about the Baby. Kate and Kara
appeared in the play with Doug Brandt and Stina Nielsen.
is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
for the Claremont Colleges at Pomona College, where he
coordinates the dramaturgy emphasis, directs, and teaches courses
in Dramaturgy, Theatre History, Contemporary Theatre, Shakespeare
in Performance and Writing for Performance.
is the Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Folsom Lake College.
Previously he taught theatre and film at Texas Tech University
and American River College.
is a voice and dialect coach in film, TV and theatre in London.
Some of Kara’s London West End credits include Dear Evan
Hansen, Mamma Mia! The Party, 9 to 5, Belleville, The Twilight
Zone, Show Boat, as well as the film The Commuter. Kara
received a MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of
Voice and Speech and was mentored at the Royal National Theatre.
She lives and works in London. You can visit her website
at www.usaccents.co.uk
is the Director of Education and Community Programs for the Los
Angeles Opera. She sends warm regards to everyone, a big hello to
D. Kern Holoman of the UC Davis Music Department, and also asks
that opera students interested in internships contact her at the
LA Opera.
University of California, Davis, B.A. in Dramatic Art and CommunicationSan Francisco State University, M.A., Drama
Janey Pintar is an actor, director, and educator of the theatre
arts with a background in movement including Suzuki. She received
an Associate of Arts degree in Theatre: Technical Production from
American River College, Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dramatic Art
and Communication from UC Davis, and a Master of Arts degree in
Drama from San Francisco State University. Janey is also a
graduate of American Conservatory Theater’s Summer Training
Congress. Her interests include the exploration of movement
systems and multicultural theatre practices.
B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts -- Theatre with emphasis on Original WorksGraduate, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Acting
J.R. Yancher (he/him) is a Canadian/American actor, director,
writer, and producer. In 2017 he co-founded Bike City Theater
Company (BCTC): a Northern California-based nonprofit focused on
bespoke educational theater for young audiences and the
sustainable development of original works. Yancher’s theaters of
employ have included Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Victory
Gardens, Pacific Conservatory Theater, Sacramento Ballet, Capital
Stage, Seattle Immersive Theater, Ten Chimneys, Catalyst: A
Theatre Think Tank, and Davis Shakespeare Festival, amongst
others.
B.S., University of California, Davis -- Food ScienceM.S., University of California, Davis -- Food Science
Ann Dragich has tap danced in NYC from 2008-2020. There she is a
member of Cole Collective. She steps in company “Momentum” and
was featured in Rick Owens Spring 2014 Women’s show at Paris
Fashion Week. Ann has presented work in various shows around New
York city including the Emerging Choreographer’s Series curated
by Mare Nostrom Elements, Flamenco Certamen USA and Tony Waag’s
“Somthing’s Afoot,” and venues such as Symphony Space, the Bruno
Walter’s Auditorium at Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and
La Guardia Performing Arts Center.
Brighton Polytechnic, B.A. Visual and Performance Arts
Barnaby O’Rorke is an interdisciplinary artist working in the
fields of theater, music, and dance for the past 30 years in
Europe. His physical training in dance, improvisation,
somatic practices, yoga and chi kung have informed his work in
music (cello, piano, voice, objects). He has worked for several
dance companies as a dancer and musician, and has developed
innovative solo and collaborative work in his field.
