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- April 17
Senior fête, a celebration of graduating TFMS majors and minors, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Bruce Davis Theater. - April 27
Last day of regularly scheduled classes. - May 2
TFMS Night, 7:00 p.m., Bruce Davis Theater, MH. Free and open to the public. - May 3
Final exams begin.
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The Faculty
TFMS Alumni
Where Are They Now?
Megan Rippey (class of 2008, B.A. women, gender, and sexuality studies, minor in theater studies) is currently an M.F.A. student in the acting program at the California Institute of the Arts (class of 2013).
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Mark A. Rhoda
For comments about this site or suggestions for its improvement, contact: marhoda@smcm.edu
Holly A. Blumner
Associate professor of theater, film, and media studiesand coordinator of Asian Studies. Japanese theater and film, Asian theater, theater history and criticism, performance.
e-mail: hablumner@smcm.edu
Holly A. Blumner received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Asian theatre from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her B.A., in theatre and biology, is from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Holly studied kabuki for four years in Kyoto and at Waseda University. While in Japan, she studied the traditional performing arts nihon buyo (classical Japanese dance) and nagauta (long song) singing. She was a commentator/translator for the English "Earphone Guide" kabuki performances in Tokyo. Research interests include play translation, anime and manga, theatre for youth, theatre history, and dramatic criticism. She has presented papers at several national conferences, and her translation of the play Domo Mata--Matahei the Stutterer is published in Brilliance and Bravado: Kabuki Plays on Stage, 1697-1770. (Office: MH 118A)
