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: Hannah Kelly

BFA Acting ('17)

Hannah is currently a Resident Company Member at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, MD. Her credits at Everyman include: Harvey (upcoming), The Lion in Winter, Sense and Sensibility, Behold, A...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:45 PM

Headshot of Hannah Kelly. She is white, with curly brown hair and brown eyes.

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

Headshot of Jalon Payton. He is Black, with short dark hair and brown eyes.

Alumni Spotlight: Caroline Tyson

BA Theatre, Design and Production ('20)

"After graduating in 2020 and spending a year away from theatre due to the pandemic, in 2021 I moved to NYC to work as an assistant costume designer for opera, drama, and dance at The Juilliard...

Posted: April 29, 2026, 12:38 PM

Caroline Tyson in a Yale sweatshirt standing outside of Yale's facilities. She is Black, with short dark hair and wear sunglasses.