Featured Alumni

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!

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

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See What Our Alumni Are Up To!

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Alumni Spotlight: Tommy Malek

BA Theatre, Theatre Studies ('13)

Tommy Malek is an award-winning theatre & film professional based out of Columbia, MD who specializes in the crafts of directing, acting, and design (wig & costume). Tommy proudly served...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:57 PM

Alumni Spotlight: Jalon Payton

BA Theatre, Theatre Studies ('21)

Jalon Payton currently works as a freelance stage manager mainly based in the Baltimore/DC area. Towards the end of his time as a student at UMBC, he began working as a stage manager for play...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:43 PM