UMBC Department of Theatre

UMBC Department of Theatre New ways and new plays. BFA Acting | BA Theatre, Theatre Studies | BA Theatre, Design and Production | BA Theatre, Theatre Education in Acting, a B.A.

At UMBC we believe that theatre is an every-changing art form, responding to and creating new ideas that confront our ethical, political, and artistic ideas and practices. Degree programs leading to a B.F.A. in Theatre Studies, or a B.A. in Design/ Production provide students with the interdisciplinary skills to become actively engaged with their art and with the world around them. A dedicated fac

ulty focuses on each student’s evolution as an artist and as a person, making the study of theatre at UMBC a life-changing experience that stimulates, challenges and inspires.

Check out the Summer 2026 issue of the Linehan Artist Scholars and Alumni Magazine! UMBC Theatre is all over the issue, ...
06/23/2026

Check out the Summer 2026 issue of the Linehan Artist Scholars and Alumni Magazine! UMBC Theatre is all over the issue, including a feature on IMPACT Lab with excellent photos by Kiirstn Pagan ('11), and a feature on BFA Alum Matt McGloin ('05).

You can read the latest issue now at the link in our bio.

Join us for the final performance of Your Story Belongs Here! A live storytelling show featuring stories about finding c...
06/16/2026

Join us for the final performance of Your Story Belongs Here! A live storytelling show featuring stories about finding community on UMBC's campus.

Student Storytellers include:
-Aidan Chambers (Biochemistry major)
-Sarah Christie (Business Technology Administration major)
-Gouri Gupta (Global Studies and Political Science major)
-Shabib Raihan (Public Policy PhD student)
-Manny Rimmer (Acting major)
-Sylvia-Novella Underwood (Acting major)

June 30th at 2pm in the AOK Library Gallery. This performance will be recorded to be shown at Welcome Week 2026 in August! Light refreshments will be served.

Your Story Belongs Here is an award-winning collaboration between the Center for Social Justice Dialogue ( ) and the Department of Theatre ( ) where UMBC students learn how to share—and celebrate—their own stories of belonging.

Tickets are now on sale for DOLL PARTS... a one-[trans]-woman show written & Performed by Professor Nikki Ann Hartman.Ju...
06/10/2026

Tickets are now on sale for DOLL PARTS... a one-[trans]-woman show written & Performed by Professor Nikki Ann Hartman.

July 21-25 at 7:30pm @ The Voxel (9 W 25th Street Baltimore, MD 21218).

Ticket link is in our bio! Use promo code
UMBCTakeFive to get $5 off the July 21 preview performance!

Doll Parts… is a one-[trans]-woman show about memory, becoming, and transitioning gender in later life. Taking place in the present, even in its recollection of events of the past, Doll Parts… follows Nikki as she discovers her true self in the midst of hormone-therapy-induced puberty, dating, menopause, and surgically transitioning her gender in her 60s. Balanced with humor, a touch of the Divine, and an overwhelming joie de vivré, Doll Parts… looks at living an authentic life even if it has to be as a sacred act of rebellion!

Featuring a creative team with lots of UMBC Theatre friends...
Director & Production Manager: Grace Shepperd
Scenic Designer: Emerson Balthis '24
Costume Designer: Timothy Clark
Lighting Designer: Adam Mendelson
Assistant Lighting Designer: Andy Pfluger
Associate Projections Designer: Sean DiGiorgio '26
Sound Designer: Kaydin Hamby '19
Stage Manager: Mady Sims
Assistant Stage Manager: Jadyn Fleming
Producer: Kiirstn Pagan '11

Supported by UMBC CAHSS Dean's Research Fund, CIRCA, and Maryland State Arts Council.

Check out some of final projects from Professor Nate Sinnott's Scene Painting class! 🎉🖌
05/22/2026

Check out some of final projects from Professor Nate Sinnott's Scene Painting class! 🎉🖌

Happy Commencement!! Congratulations to our Spring 2026 graduates! Show them some love in the comments . 🎉🥳🎉And a huge s...
05/21/2026

Happy Commencement!! Congratulations to our Spring 2026 graduates! Show them some love in the comments . 🎉🥳🎉

And a huge shout out to our graduating minors:
Autumn Bevins
Divine Iweha
Max Jett-Parmer

All production photos by Kiirstn Pagan ‘11.

Performance final showings are complete! 🎉 Congratulations to Professor Colette Searls's Craft of Acting II class, and P...
05/20/2026

Performance final showings are complete! 🎉 Congratulations to Professor Colette Searls's Craft of Acting II class, and Professor Gerrad Taylor's Vocal I Class!

One final showing today (May 20):
Sound Design - 1 - 3pm, Proscenium Theatre

Congratulations to Professor Gerrad Taylor's Acting Shakespeare class! Photos by LaTrelle Jamez (BFA '25) 😁.Today's Fina...
05/19/2026

Congratulations to Professor Gerrad Taylor's Acting Shakespeare class! Photos by LaTrelle Jamez (BFA '25) 😁.

Today's Final Showings (May 19):
Vocal I - 2pm, FA 318

Remaining Final Showings:
Sound Design - Wednesday, May 20, 1 - 3pm, Proscenium Theatre

Final showings continue this week! Congratulations to Professor Nigel Semaj's Movement 2 class (pictured) who had an exc...
05/18/2026

Final showings continue this week! Congratulations to Professor Nigel Semaj's Movement 2 class (pictured) who had an excellent final presentation last week. (Directing also had a fantastic final presentation, but my camera died 😭)

Today's Final Showings (May 18):
Craft of Acting II - 4pm, FA 318

Remaining Final Showings:
Vocal I - Tuesday, May 19, 2pm, FA 318
Sound Design - Wednesday, May 20, 1 - 3pm, Proscenium Theatre

TODAY!GAIA, A Fashion Exhibition designed by Taylor Holmes '26Wednesday, May 13 from 6 - 8pm in the ADS (PAHB 105)Come e...
05/13/2026

TODAY!

GAIA, A Fashion Exhibition designed by Taylor Holmes '26
Wednesday, May 13 from 6 - 8pm in the ADS (PAHB 105)

Come experience GAIA, a fashion exhibition that explores the beauty, power, and fragility of the natural world. This collection demonstrates how the old can be transformed into something new, echoing the cycles of rebirth found in nature itself. Through fully repurposed materials and sustainable design, GAIA highlights what we stand to lose in the face of climate change while celebrating the wonder we still have.

Happy Study Day! Final Showings have begun! Congratulations to Professor Andrew Hann's Vocal 3 class (pictured) who kick...
05/13/2026

Happy Study Day! Final Showings have begun! Congratulations to Professor Andrew Hann's Vocal 3 class (pictured) who kicked us off with their excellent final performances yesterday.

Today's Final Showings (May 13):
Movement II - 1 - 2:30pm, TRS
Directing I - 4 - 6pm, TRS
GAIA by Taylor Holmes, 6 - 8pm, ADS

Upcoming:
Acting Shakespeare - Friday, May 15, 2pm, TRS
Craft of Acting II - Monday, May 18, 4pm, FA 318
Vocal I - Tuesday, May 19, 2pm, FA 318
Sound Design - Wednesday, May 20, 1 - 3pm, Proscenium Theatre

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1000 Hilltop Circle, Performing Arts & Humanities Building
Baltimore, MD
21250

Telephone

(410) 455-2917

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