WHAT: Auditions, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO WHEN: Tuesday & Wednesday, September 6-7 TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., both days WHERE: Bruce Davis Theater, MH It’s a really BIG SHOW! A cast of 21! Looking for clowns, fast-talkers, wits, lovers young and old(er), movers, shakers, dancers, musicians, and those who just want to have a darn’d Find out more »
San Francisco Mime Troupe’s “Freedomland”
October 26 & 27 @ 8PM FREE and open to the public Reservations required. Seating is first-come, first-served. Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center A door is blown off its hinges! Into a blasted room of scarred walls and shattered windows, armed with M-16’s, America’s bravest duck and dodge for cover, finally training their Find out more »
TFMS Faculty Statement on the Natty Boh Incident
The undersigned faculty members of the Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland wish to speak out publicly against recent intolerant and threatening behavior on campus. Our department includes, as part of its mission, creating works of theater, performance, dance, and media that educate our students and enrich and Find out more »
In the Bruce Davis Theater, “Machinal,” April 20-24. Reservations, call 240-895-4243 or email boxoffice@smcm.edu
Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 expressionist masterpiece, MACHINAL, is based on the highly publicized trial of Ruth Snyder, who was accused of conspiring with a lover to murder her husband. It follows the central character, an “ordinary young woman,” through nine episodes as she tries to navigate women’s limited options in a mechanized, dehumanizing world obsessed with Find out more »
“Striptease / Catastrophe” has ended its successful run in the BDT!
From the late Polish playwright Sławomir Mrożek (1930-2013), STRIPTEASE is political satire: a tale of two men, a thinker and an activist, both similarly dressed and with matching briefcases, trapped in what appears to be a prison. In what amounts to a vaudeville routine, they try to escape their circumstances by convincing each other he’s Find out more »
Performing in the Bruce Davis Theater, “Striptease” / “Catastrophe,” March 2-6
From the late Polish playwright Sławomir Mrożek (1930-2013), STRIPTEASE is political satire: a tale of two men, a thinker and an activist, both similarly dressed and with matching briefcases, trapped in what appears to be a prison. In what amounts to a vaudeville routine, they try to escape their circumstances by convincing each other he’s Find out more »
Auditions for “Machinal,” directed by Amy Steiger, Wed. & Thurs., Feb. 10-11, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Bruce Davis Theater
Auditions for American playwright Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, February 10-11, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater, MH. In order to audition, you’ll need to SIGN UP FOR A FULL HOUR TIME SLOT. A sign-up sheet is posted on the director’s office door, MH176 (right across from the Find out more »
Ninth Annual TFMS Film Series: Baltimore Reel: A Celebration of Films and Filmmakers
The fall 2015 series focused on the work of three Baltimore, MD filmmakers: Lotfy Nathan (“12 O’Clock Boys,” 2013), Matt Porterfield (“Putty Hill,” 2011), and Martha Colburn (stop-motion animation, 1995-2013). Our previous eight film series had been variously organized around themes or genres and had targeted experimental, independent, and (only sometimes) mainstream practices. For the Find out more »
Auditions for two plays, “Striptease” & “Catastrophe,” Wed., Jan. 20, 7:00-9:30 p.m., Bruce Davis Theater
Auditions for Striptease (by Slawomir Mrozek) and Catastrophe (by Samuel Beckett) will be held for one night only on Wednesday, January 20, from 7:00-9:30 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater, MH. To audition, please prepare a 1-2 minute comic monologue of your choosing (a memorized piece is preferable to a cold reading), and sign up Find out more »
“Speaking of Race” (reprise), a single evening performance, Thurs., Jan. 28, 8 PM, Bruce Davis Theater. Free and open to the public
The Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies and director Joanne Klein are proud to reprise “Speaking of Race” for a single evening performance in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall, on Thursday, January 28, starting at 8 PM. Originally produced as a lunchtime performance series, “Speaking of Race” brings together the original SMCM student Find out more »