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!

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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: 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: Sanjana Taskar

BFA Acting ('19)

Sanjana Taskar ('19) is currently in her last year of her MFA in Acting program at UNC Chapel Hill and will graduate in May. For the past three years, she has been a Resident Company Member with...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:55 PM

Headshot of Sanjana Taskar. She is South Asian, with brown curly hair and brown eyes.

Alumni Spotlight: Katie Kopajtic

BFA Acting ('11)

Katie Kopajtic (she/her) 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...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:53 PM

Katie Kopajtic standing in front of her show poster at Edinburgh Fringe. She is white, with shoulder-length brown hair.

Alumni Spotlight: Anderson Wells (aka Vagenesis)

BFA Acting ('13)

Anderson Wells has been working as a performer, producer, teacher, and administrator in the DC theatre scene since 2013. They have worked with Arena Stage, Arts on the Horizon, Brave Spirits...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:48 PM

Anderson Wells performing as their drag persona, Vagenesis. They are Black, with a full make-up, a beard, and a blonde wig.