Every season UMBC Theatre brings guest artists to campus to work alongside resident faculty to mount our extraordinary productions. These professionals enrich our students’ training with their expertise and provide them with a window on the professional world. These university collaborations often grow into off-campus projects and job opportunities — the interplay between course work, creative research, and professional community is one of the hallmarks of our department and UMBC. Visiting guest performers and playwrights regularly visit campus to share their creative work and knowledge on stage and through workshops with students.
Below is just a selection of the dozens of guest artists who have joined us at UMBC:
Directors and Choreographers: Lou Binder, Anne Bogart, Lee Breuer, Kathryn Chase Bryer, Danielle Drakes, Melissa Freilich, Katie Hileman*, Laley Lippard, Brandon McCoy, Jennifer L. Nelson, Stephen Nunns, Joseph W. Ritsch, Susan Stroupe, Sierra Young*
Playwrights: Sheila Callaghan, Audrey Cefaly, Kara Lee Corthron*, Kia Corthron, Karen Hartman, Tina Howe, Chisa Hutchinson, Naomi Iizuka, Nambi Kelley, Heather McDonald, Ellen McLaughlin, Phyllis Nagy, Nayantara Nayar, Kate Moira Ryan, Tanya Saracho, Caridad Svich, Lucy Thurber, Naomi Wallace, Timberlake Wertenbaker
Designers: Patrick Calhoun, William K. D’Eugenio*, Daniel Ettinger, Kaydin Hamby*, Moyenda Kulmeka, Pei Lee, Emily Lotz, Madeline “Mo” Oslejsek, Sarah O’Halloran, Sarah Tundermann, Lucy Wakeland, Kehler Welland
Performers: Daniel Beaty, Vicky Graham*, Lisa Kron, Tomáš Kubínek, Shubhangi Kuchibhotla*, Tim Miller, Peggy Shaw, Single Shoe Productions
* denotes UMBC Alum
To see more, visit our Past Seasons page.
Our Partnership with Everyman Theatre
In Fall 2023, UMBC and Everyman Theatre, located in Baltimore, MD, established a partnership in order to create opportunities for theatre students to learn directly from and develop relationships with professional, working theatre artists in a hands-on way.
This partnership includes:
- At least one free show (with actor talkback) at Everyman Theatre per academic year.
- Opportunities for observerships and paid internships in acting, design, and directing.
- Masterclasses led by Everyman Resident Artists on UMBC Campus.
- Past workshops have included Introduction to Fight Choreography, Introduction to Alexander Technique, Designer/Stage Manager Relationships, Auditioning Workshops, and more.