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Labor Day. No classes. - September 3
Classes begin. - September 4
TFMS Open House, 7:30-8:30 p.m.+, Bruce Davis Theater, MH. All welcome to attend. Mandatory for theater studies and film/media studies majors. - September 9
Seventh Annual TFMS Film Series, with Caroline Martel, "The Phantom of the Operator," 8:15 p.m., Cole Cinema, Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
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2013 - 2014
Season and Events
- Seventh Annual TFMS Film Series: Toil & Trouble: The Reel History of Working Women
- The Container
- Encounters: A Performance of Spoken Word, Dance, and Music
- Shakespeare in Hollywood
Box Office
For Reservations:
240-895-4243 or e-mail boxoffice@smcm.edu
Box Office Manager:
Leigh Callahan
Allison Wengler
For our assisted hearing patrons: The Bruce Davis Theater is equipped with a hearing assistance system. If you would like assistance, please ask one of the Box Office managers for a receiver when you pick up and pay for your tickets. Students who require a receiver will be asked to leave their student ID at the Box Office until the receiver is returned; non-students will be asked to leave their driver's license.
TFMS Alumni
Where Are They Now?
Megan Rippey (class of 2008, B.A. women, gender, and sexuality studies, minor in theater studies) recently completed her M.F.A. in acting at the California Institute of the Arts (class of 2013).
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Site maintained by:
Mark A. Rhoda
For comments about this site or suggestions for its improvement, contact: marhoda@smcm.edu
When I graduated from St. Mary's as a theater major, I realized I had received not just a degree, but a true education. The department not only gave me a foundation in the theory and practice of my craft, but most importantly an opportunity to ignite as an artist and to develop a style and interest in challenging theatrical material, which led me on fascinating journeys after I left the school.
A. Lorraine Robinson, '92, director of faculty and education, Sitar Arts Center, Washington, D.C.; co-founder and -producer, MuseFire Productions, a multimedia production company incorporating both stage and screen media, Washington, D.C.; freelance director.
Featured Events
Announcing our 2013-2014 THEATER SEASON & FILM SERIES!Fall 2013 kicks off in early September with the Seventh Annual TFMS Film Series -- Toil & Trouble: The Reel History of Working Women. Where do we find the history of women's work? Canadian documentarians Caroline Martel (“The Phantom of the Operator,” September 9) and Maya Gallus (”Dish: Women, Waitressing, & the Art of Service,” October 7), as well as Academy Award-nominated U.S. filmmaker Connie Field (“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,” November 11), will present work that addresses the elusiveness of that history by making women's labor visible and documenting their behind-the-scenes struggle on behalf of the workforce and workers' rights. This year's FILM SERIES focuses untold and under-represented stories and gives voice to these marginalized factions from feminist and labor histories. The series lasts through fall semester, with screenings on Monday, September 9, October 7, and November 11; screenings begin at 8:15 p.m. in Cole Cinema, Campus Center, and are free and open to the public.
Opening on October 24 in the Bruce Davis Theater, Clare Bayley’s The Container, directed by Michael Ellis-Tolaydo, tells a searing story of what drives five immigrants from their homelands in Africa and the Middle East as they desperately try to smuggle themselves into England in a shipping container on a truck located somewhere in Europe. THE CONTAINER performs over two weeks, October 24-November 3.
The Bruce Davis Theater presents two shows in spring 2014: Encounters: A Performance of Spoken Word, Dance, and Music, directed by Leonard Cruz, opens on February 26 for a five-show run; and Shakespeare in Hollywood, Ken Ludwig’s uproarious farce that plunks the Bard’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, in the middle of a Warner Bros. Hollywood production of, what else?, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, caps off the main stage season with an eight-show run, opening on April 17. This silly, but smart and sophisticated, comedy is directed by Holly A. Blumner.
To reserve tickets for each of the main stage shows, contact the Theater Box Office at 240-895-4243 (ext. 4243), or email boxoffice@smcm.edu. Ticket prices are $4 or $6, general admission.
Kudos
To TFMS faculty member David Ellsworth for his reappointment with tenure and promotion to associate professor. Huzzahs!To TFMS students Elizabeth Porter ('14), recipient of the 2013 Arts Alliance Award for Theater Excellence; Kevin Koeser ('14), recipient of the 2013 Arts Alliance Award for Excellence in Film and Media Studies; and Tobias Franzén ('13), recipient of the 2013 Torre M. Meringolo Theater Award (for outstanding work as a stage performer). Congrats to all!
Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies, 2013
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