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Upcoming Events
- January 17
Classes begin. - January 18
Auditions for The Big Picture App?, 4:00-6:30 p.m., Bruce Davis Theater, MH. - February 6, 13, 20
Fifth Annual TFMS Film Series, with filmmakers Yun Suh, Jenny Cool, and Michèle Stephenson. Screenings begin at 8:15 p.m., in Cole Cinema, Campus Center, and are free and open to the public.
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2011 - 2012
Season & Events
- As You Like It
- St. Mary's Hear and Now, an original performance piece
- Fifth Annual TFMS Film Series: Out of Bounds: Feminist Films and Filmmakers
- The Big Picture App?, an original, collaborative performance project
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Box Office Manager:
Catie Curry
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) 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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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
Each filmmaker in this year’s series--Yun Suh ("City of Borders," February 6), Jenny Cool ("Home Economics," February 13),and Michèle Stephenson ("Faces of Change," February 20)--has distributed the film she will screen and discuss through the seminal feminist film collective, New Day Films (www.newday.com), which has just marked its 40th anniversary. Formed in 1971 by a small group of independent filmmakers who could find no non-theatrical distribution companies willing to distribute their feminist films, New Day was one of the first media collectives to self-distribute its work. With the efforts of founding members Julia Reichert, Jim Klein, Amalie Rothschild, and Liane Brandon, New Day’s films soon helped spread the women’s movement across the country.
Please join us for a celebration of women’s filmmaking and women's filmmaking collectives. Each screening is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Kudos
To TFMS faculty members David Ellsworth, recipient of the SMCM 2011 Norton T. Dodge Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement by a Junior Faculty; Michael Ellis-Tolaydo for his 2011 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play for Theater J's staging of The New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, Washington, D.C.; and Merideth Taylor -- while on sabbatical (2010-2011), Professor Taylor is serving as Project Director on a national grant she successfully sought on behalf of Historic Sotterley. The $37,343 grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services will be used to create interpretive scripts, an audio tour of the Plantation House and grounds, a 10-minute video orienting visitors to the site, and streaming video on the Sotterley Website. The Museum Studies program at St. Mary's College of Maryland is a partner on the grant.
To TFMS students Chris Murk ('12), recipient of the 2011 Arts Alliance Award for Theater Excellence; Ryan Gugerty ('12), recipient of the 2011 Arts Alliance Award for Excellence in Film and Media Studies, videographer of Joe McGill's summer 2011 overnight stay at Sotterley Plantation in Hollywood, Maryland (McGill's stay was part of his national Slave Dwelling Project; see Ryan's short film, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7-TgIiIgGk&feature=related); Lisa M. Davidson ('12), recipient of the 2011 Torre M. Meringolo Theater Award (for outstanding work as a stage performer); and the student-run performance space, The White Room, that continues to receive accolades from SMCM's Student Government Association.
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