Featured Alumni

Five U-M-B-C Theatre alumni pose together at an alumni event in N-Y-C.
UMBC Theatre alumni at an alumni event in NYC.

About Our Alumni

A theatre degree from UMBC can lead to a number of diverse career paths.

UMBC Theatre graduates become successful working actors and designers at professional theatres across the country, as well in TV/Film. Graduates have started their own theatre companies, received prestigious awards and grants, become professors at universities, produced their own films, and more.

Our graduates wanting to continue their theatre training have gone on to study at various institutions including University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, Texas Tech University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of San Diego, University of Iowa, Mary Baldwin University, New York University, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, California Institute of the Arts, University of Indiana, Yale, and the list continues to grow!

Read past features from alumni, across all of our majors, on our myUMBC page.

The best way to keep up with our alumni is to follow UMBC Theatre’s Facebook and Instagram.

Contact Us

If you’re an alumni of the department – we’d love to hear what you’ve been up to!

Send us an update at theatre@umbc.edu.

See What Our Alumni Are Up To!

Alumni Spotlight: Vicky Graham

BFA Acting ('20)

Vicky is an actor and producing artist currently working in the Baltimore area. They were seen most recently in Romeo and Juliet at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and a staged reading of An Enemy...

Posted: May 11, 2026, 10:05 AM

Production photo from Call Me... Just as Sweet by Nigel Semaj featuring Vicky Graham as Virgo. She is Black, with red braids, lipsyncing to a song with back up dancers.

Alumni Spotlight: Jeremy Mayo

BA Theatre, Design and Production ('17)

Jeremy Mayo ('17) is currently the Senior Director of Technical Production for the Sphere in Las Vegas. Sphere is a groundbreaking venue launched by the Madison Square Garden Company in 2023,...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 1:15 PM

Jeremy Mayo, a white man with short brown hair. He is outdoors, smiling, and wearing a blue collared shirt.

Alumni Spotlight: Jacob Mueller

BA Theatre, Design and Production ('17)

Jacob Mueller is an Architectural Lighting Designer and Consultant for Illuminations, Inc. serving Architects, Developers, and Interior Designers on both residential and commercial projects....

Posted: April 29, 2026, 1:12 PM

Jacob Mueller, a white man with short brown hair. He is smiling, and wearing a black collared shirt

Alumni Spotlight: Lloyd-Marcus Ekpe

BFA Acting ('20)

Lloyd is an actor, musician and teaching artist working in the DMV. He is currently a Company member at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) and a member of their Black Classical Acting Ensemble...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 1:06 PM

Headshot of Lloyd-Marcus Ekpe. He is Black, with short hair, wearing a cape. He is performing in Macbeth.

Alumni Spotlight: Kaydin Hamby

BA Theatre, Design and Production ('19)

Four years of far-flung freelancing after graduation, Kaydin landed back home in rural Maryland with as much time spent working as a full time artist as he had spent at UMBC. His resume was...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:59 PM

Headshot of Kaydin Hamby. They are white, with short dark hair, and they hold a guitar.