English Professor Gina Bloom dives into how ModLabs’ Shakespeare video game, "Play the Knave," knocks Shakespeare off a pedestal and gives students creative control over his plays. The game, released in 2020, is currently being adapted for virtual reality headsets.

UC Davis Granada Artist-in-Residence and "Who’s There?" director Sinéad Rushe and a crew of six student actors are turning William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" inside out. The production, which debuts May 16 at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre in Davis, seeks to explore human psychology through Hamlet’s shifting roles, thoughts and desires.