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Sterling Lambert
Department Chair
jslambert@smcm.edu
(240) 895-4229
Montgomery Hall 4
Organization Description

Theater, Film, and Media Studies houses a variety of opportunities for students to study and practice the arts of stage and screen.

Assoc. Prof. Amy Steiger Publishes Book Chapter
September 6, 2023
Amy Steiger portrait
Associate Professor of Theater Amy Steiger wrote a chapter published in a newly released book, “Stanislavsky and Race” (Routledge, 2023). Edited by Siiri Scott and Jay Paul Skelton, the book explores Stanislavsky’s approach through the lens of race, place and identity through a collection of essays… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Receives Largest Gift in College History
September 24, 2022
Jeff Silberschlag, plays trumpet fanfare prior to Nancy Dodge, President Jordan and members of the board of trustees cut the ribbon for the new Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
New Facility to be Named Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge
Performing Arts Center

 

Students at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for decades to come will be the beneficiaries of the largest gift in the College’s history, announced today during the grand opening ceremony for the new Performing Arts… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Theater, Film and Media Studies Department Presents Lost Girl, Nov 17-21
November 5, 2021
Poster of “Lost Girl” by Kimberly Belflower, November 17-20 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 2 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center,
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Theater, Film and Media Studies Department presents “Lost Girl” by Kimberly Belflower, November 17-20 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 2 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center, on the College’s campus.

It has been years since Wendy returned… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Theater, Film and Media Studies Presents Original Production “Checking In”
March 26, 2021
Graphic image of people wearing masks
“Checking In,” an original theater piece on the powers of healing during a COVID-19 lockdown, opens with a recorded Zoom performance on Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Theater, Film and Media Studies, the show performs through Sunday, April 18, with a… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College’s Theater, Film & Media Studies Presents Timely Drama “Baltimore” Virtually
February 12, 2021
guest director A. Lorraine Robinson ’92 pictured
“Baltimore,” Kirsten Greenidge’s timely drama about racism on college campuses, opens virtually in Cole Cinema on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus with a live Zoom performance on Thursday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. The show performs live on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday, February 28.… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Theater, Film and Media Studies presents “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms,” Directed by Mark A. Rhoda
October 8, 2020
Poster for “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms” with zoom information and image of a woman warrior
Beginning on October 16, streaming on Vimeo: A three-episode, serialized performance of Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms,” directed by Visiting Associate Professor of Theater, Film and Media Studies Mark A. Rhoda, designed by Leah Mazur and David Smith, performed by an ensemble of… Find Out More
TFMS Students and Faculty Represent St. Mary’s College at Kennedy Center Festival
February 13, 2020
TFMS logo and students with scene partners pictured
Several students and faculty of the Theater, Film and Media Studies department (TFMS) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland represented the College at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCATCF) region II, January 14-18 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

 

KCATCF, a… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Amy Steiger Published in Two Journals
November 18, 2019
Professor Steiger pictured
Assistant Professor of Theater Amy Steiger was recently published in the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal. Titled, “Moving Forward, Living Backward, or Just Standing Still?: Newspaper Theatre, Critical Race Theory, and Commemorating the Wade-Braden Trial in Louisville, Kentucky,”… Find Out More
Happenstance Theater to Perform “Cabaret Macabre” at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
October 29, 2019
Cabaret Macabre image of conductor in front of sign board with name of the play
The Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will host Happenstance Theater, one of Washington, D.C.’s, preeminent performance troupes, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20 and 21, in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center, on the… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College and Historic St. Mary’s City present traveling “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
September 30, 2019
Macbeth poster image
“Macbeth,” William Shakespeare’s tale of terrors and of unbridled ambition—of witches, ghosts, and deadly violence both actual and imaginary—opens on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. and performs through Friday, Nov. 1 in Historic St. Mary’s City, adjacent to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus… Find Out More
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