UMBC Department of Theatre

Greetings from the Virginia Thespian Festival in Tysons, Virginia! Swipe to see the designs that came out of Assistant Costume Shop Manager Margaret Caster's "Desert Island Draping" Workshop at the festival!

Workshop Description:
Imagine you were trapped on an island, what would you be able to create with the limited resources around? Each participant will be given a piece of clean trash, scissors, a portion of tablecloth, a half scale form and a way to affix the items to it. The point of the workshop is to give students an introductory feel into what draping is without the full responsibility of draping and pattern making. Giving them space to start an understanding of material manipulation, design intention and creative problem solving.

Happy last day of classes theatre students!! Congratulations on a fabulous fall semester! Here are some pictures from Dracula's opening night party that never got posted (including all of that laundry!!!).

Good luck with your finals, and see you in January 😀

Congratulations to the cast and crew of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project. Y'all crushed it 🌈✨✨

Photos by Kiirstn Pagan '11

Don't forget to check out the Costume Design Exhibit for shOUT before or after the show, or during intermission! In PAHB 105 (right next to the Proscenium Theatre, in the PAHB Atrium).

Congratulations to these amazing students! shOUT's final show is FREE UMBC Student matinee at 2pm! Don't miss it!

shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project is continues this weekend with 2pm and 8pm performances today, and 2pm tomorrow! If you are a UMBC Student - you can get a free ticket to the either (both??) 2pm shows!

Grab a ticket at the link in our bio. Don't miss this joy. 🌈

Photos by Kiirstn Pagan '11

Happy Opening to the Company of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!! Only one weekend - make sure you get your tickets at the link in our bio!

Get to know the cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
Wesley Mauder - Junior BFA Acting major
Caleb Madison - Senior BFA Acting major

shOUT opens tomorrow!!! Get your tickets on our website or at the link in
our bio!

UMBC STUDENTS! Free tickets to BOTH matinee performances of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project on Saturday, December 2nd AND Sunday, December 3rd are now available on UMBC's Ticketing website!

These tickets go very fast, and we anticipate selling out - get your ticket now!

FREE tickets for the matinee performances on Saturday, December 2nd and Sunday, December 3rd will be released on the ticket site at NOON TODAY! These tickets go fast, so please plan ahead.

Before that, get to know the director of shOUT: Professor Gerrad Alex Taylor!

Link for tix in our bio and on our website.

FREE Student Matinee tickets for both Saturday, December 2nd AND Sunday, December 3rd will be released on the ticketing site TOMORROW at noon.

Get to know the cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
La'Trelle Makle
Morgan Decker (Stage Magager)

Get your shOUT tickets on our website or at the link in our bio!

Welcome back from break! shOUT opens this Friday!!

Get to know the cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
Christian Price-Burnett
Lukas O'Boyle

FREE Student Matinee tickets for both Saturday, December 2nd AND Sunday, December 3rd will be released on the ticketing site WEDNESDAY at noon.

Get your shOUT tickets on our website or at the link in our bio!

NEXT FRIDAY! Join us at the opening night celebration of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project, immediately following the 8pm performance on Friday, December 1st! We will be celebrating the shOUT Team, and a fabulous Fall 2023 Semester!!

Snacks and drinks will be served - Friends and family are welcome to attend.

Don't forget to grab your tickets at the link in our bio, or on our website! shOUT runs for one weekend only December 1st - 3rd!

Get to know the cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
Jaya Marshall - Senior BFA Cinematic Arts major and Theatre minor
Ifechukwu "Ife" Alachebe - Senior BFA Acting major

Get your shOUT tickets on our website or at the link in our bio!

Get to know the cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
Enzo Leone - Junior BFA Acting major
Gabby Grant - Senior BFA Acting major
Marlon T. Brown, Jr. - Senior BFA Acting major with Anthropology minor

Get your shOUT tickets on our website or at the link in our bio!

12/2 - Paulette Richards presents "Object Performance in the Black Atlantic" in conversation w/ Colette Searls by Red Emma's Get tickets and support Red Emma's by becoming a member

Introducing the Cast of shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project!

Meet:
Lexi René - BFA Acting major
Zach Shields - BFA Acting major

shOUT begins on December 1st for one weekend only! Get your tickets on our website or at the link in our bio.

Alumni Spotlight on Katie Kopajtic (BFA '11)!

Katie Kopajtic is a writer, actor, and producer, having brought about a series of works in the past decade with her production company Tres Brujas Productions, which she runs with her wife, Monica. Recently Katie has been touring her solo show Modern Witches, described as “like Fleabag and Sylvia Federici got really into [Virginia] Woolf” which had a successful run at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is slated for a three week run this spring in New York City. Both audiences and reviewers have lauded Modern Witches, calling it “wildly imaginative” and “thoroughly and lovingly researched,” among other praise.

In addition to continuing work on Modern Witches, Katie is in post production with her feature documentary Heritage Fantasy, which tackles themes of identity, self-doubt, and the struggle to find self-worth as an artist outside the success metrics determined by a capitalist market.

Her fiction and nonfiction stories and essays have been published by Variant Literature, Cream City Review, Catapult, Electric Literature and more. She is currently employed as a narrative designer for a web3 science fantasy gaming project, in addition to teaching youth improv and working as a freelance editor.

Read Katie's advice for future theatre makers at the link in our bio!

Tickets for shOUT: The Q***r Theatre Project are on sale now! Get tickets at the link in our bio!

Directed by Gerrad Alex Taylor
Musical Direction by Andrew Hann
December 1 – 3, 2023
Black Box Theatre

Facilitated by director Gerrad Alex Taylor, designer Eric Abele, and dramaturg Susan McCully, shOUT celebrates LGBTQIA+ playwrights, characters, and innovations. The performance includes scenes, songs, and monologues drawn from plays that show us that q***r theatre history IS American theatre history. An exhibit of costume design and dramaturgy will accompany the performance.

Performances:
Friday, December 1st 8PM (Opening Night Reception)
Saturday, December 2nd 2PM (Free Matinee for UMBC Students)
Saturday, December 2nd 8PM
Sunday, December 3rd 2PM (Free Matinee for UMBC Students; Actor Talk-Back)

UMBC Students: FREE MATINEE TICKETS will go on sale Wednesday, November 29th at noon.

TWO MORE SHOWS LEFT! Don't miss DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY! Tickets still available for tonight at 8pm, and tomorrow's Free UMBC Student Matinee at 2pm!

Get your tickets at the link in our bio, or on our website.

Photos by Kiirstn Pagan '11

Join us for the final weekend of DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY! Tickets available at the link in our bio, or on our website.

Photos: Kiirstn Pagan '11

Happy opening to Professor Gerrad Alex Taylor, who directed a devised adaptation of THE CLOUDS by Aristophanes at Johns Hopkins University Theatre!

The production runs through Sunday, November 12th - don't miss it!

DRACULA performances continue this weekend! Meet the guest director of Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really - Kathryn Chase Bryer!

Get your tickets at the link in our bio, or on our website.

It was a BLOODY GOOD opening weekend for DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY! Our final weekend starts this Friday, including a FREE matinee for UMBC Students on Sunday, November 12th.

Get your tickets at the link in our Bio!

Thank you to UMBC Magazine covering the stage magic behind the blood effects in DRACULA! Dracula runs now through November 12th!

How To Plan A Successful Stage Battle - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County It's stage blood rehearsal day for UMBC’s production of Dracula: a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, meaning trial and error for different bloods.

DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY continues this weekend! Get your tickets at the link in our bio, or on our website.

Photos by Kiirstn Pagan ('11)

It's Opening Night 🧛‍♂️🩸!!! Congratulations to the cast, crew, and production team of DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY by Kate Hamill. Here are some amazing production photos from Kiirstn Pagan ('11).

See you tonight at the opening night party! Grab your tickets at the link in our bio, or on our website.

DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY, REALLY
By Kate Hamill
November 2 - 12, 2023
Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer
Costume Design by Joan Larkins Mather
Sound Design by Adam Mendelson
Lighting Design & Co-Multimedia Design: Sarah Tundermann
Scenic Design & Co-Multimedia Design: Nate Sinnott
Intimacy & Fight Choreographer: Sierra Young
Dialect Coach: Gerrad Alex Taylor
Blood Designer & Stage Manager: Tessara Morgan Farley
Cast: C.C. Smith, Alissa Suser, Lucas Sanchez, Mady Sims, Franchesca Parker, Shaylee (Shay) Chubin, Katie Hetzer, Liza Mupende, Ifechukwu "Ife" Alachebe, Marcus King, Hannah Worley, Nia Zagami