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We are the home of theatre 🎭 and dance 💃🏽🕺studies and performance at UC Davis. in dramatic art or a Ph.D.

Artists and scholars of national and international renown, including award-winning directors and designers, comprise the diverse faculty at UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance. Members include undergraduate students majoring in dramatic art, graduate students pursuing an M.F.A. in Performance Studies, as well as visiting professional artists and teachers. Performance spaces include the Main T

heatre, Wyatt Pavilion Theatre, Arena Theatre, Laboratory Theatre A, and the Nelson Hall Della Davidson Dance Studio.

08/21/2026

Undergraduate student Timothy Austin, who played Robert Martin in "The Drowsy Chaperone," is currently appearing in the ensemble of All About Theatre's production of the Tony Award-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen." Running through Aug. 29, the coming-of-age musical centers on a lonely high school student with social anxiety who fabricates a friendship with a deceased classmate to gain social acceptance. The musical is performing at the Colligan Theatre in Santa Cruz. For details and tickets: allabouttheatre.org
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08/20/2026

In fall quarter, consider taking DRA 130: Advance Design. Taught by Ethan Hollinger, the course focuses on collaborative design, practical problem-solving, real-world implementation, and portfolio-ready projects, looking at how design actually happens in the room: across areas, under real constraints, and in conversation with other artists. Ideal for students interested in design or production management, whether you’ve already designed shows or are still building your experience.
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08/19/2026

You have only this coming weeeknd left to catch undergraduate students Simón García Parra Jr. and Arman Abassi in "Grease" at the Woodland Opera House. The ever-popular musical comedy centers on the Pink Ladies and the Burger Palace Boys as they endure life at Rydell High School in 1959. Runs through August 22. For details and tickets: woodlandoperahouse.org
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08/18/2026

In fall quarter, consider taking DRA 185A: Script Analysis for Performance. Taught by Granada Artist Catherine Castellanos, the class focuses on reading and analyzing dramatic texts as blueprints for performance. Students will learn methods to uncover character objectives, justify action through text-based evidence, and interpret structure, conflict, and theme. This foundational class equips actors to make informed, playable choices that illuminate the playwright’s intention, activate imagination and personalization, and bring clarity and depth to their performances.
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08/17/2026

The Costume Shop has a student position open for a stitcher. Position requires basic garment and/or costume construction and tailoring techniques as well as basic knowledge of sewing tools and sewing equipment use. For complete details visit Handshake Job #11276644. Open to all UC Davis students.
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08/10/2026

Founded by UC Davis MFA alumna Susan-Jane Harrison, in partnership with Shakespeare's Globe International Fellowship Recipient Paul Jennings, Sweet Thunder Shakespeare launches its inaugural season this autumn with a Fellowship program culminating in a production of "Macbeth." The company is delighted to welcome UC Davis Lecturer MaryBeth Cavanagh as its Movement and Choreography Teaching Artist, continuing an artistic collaboration that blossomed from work developed together at UC Davis. Learn more at sweetthundershakespeare.com
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08/04/2026

The UC Davis Department of Music is looking for a career stage manager, who has:
Experience stage-managing a music performance.
Experience working with and leading a crew that has a variety of experience levels, including student crew members.
Experience acting in one or more of the following capacities in a performance setting: light board operator, live-audio mixing engineer, or video technician. Experience operating power tools, hand tools, and pneumatic equipment within safety guidelines.
Experience working with a wide variety of users, including regional, national, or internationally-known artists. Experience using electronic scheduling software, as well as diagram-making software (examples include Vectorworks, OmniGraffle, VISIO, CAD, Google Sketch).
Details and to apply: arts.ucdavis.edu/music
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08/03/2026

Alum and Senior Continuing Lecturer Michele Apriña Leavy (seen here with castmate Caleb Andrew Cabrera) is appearing in the West Coast premiere of "Manning" by Benjamin Benne. Running Sept. 5-26 at Potrero Stage in San Francisco, the play centers on a father and his sons who have spread the ashes of his wife/their mother in their backyard garden. When a giant zucchini manifests overnight, they each begin to develop language for their individual experiences of loss through their interactions with the supernatural vegetable. Details: crowdedfire.org/manning
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07/31/2026

Alum Lisa Quoresimo, PhD., performance studies, '18, is the author of "A Matter of Perspective," which is featured as part of the Kayenta New Play Lab at The Center for the Arts at Kayenta in Ivins, Utah. Performing Aug. 8 and 9, the play is a historical drama examining a battle of the minds between rivals, the creation of Florence’s duomo, and the forgotten woman whose genius led to its creation. Details: kayentaarts.org
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07/30/2026

Mindy Cooper, professor emerita, is the director of "Muse the Musical," which performs at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug. 5 - 30 in Scotland. Pop musical comedy meets absurdist theatre in this riotous story of ambition, ego and the birth of a legend -- William Shakespeare. Details: musethemusical.com
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210 Hutchison Drive
Davis, CA
95616

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+15307520888

Website

http://arts.ucdavis.edu/theatre-and-dance

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