March 18, 2021 Nick LaMedica ’10, who graduated from MMC’s Acting and Musical Theatre programs, was recently cast to play a paramedic on NBC’s Chicago Fire. The episode aired on Wednesday, March 18, and marked LaMedica’s first performance for national television.
Congratulations Nick!
March 15, 2021 Jared Mancuso ’09, a graduate of MMC’s Acting program and founding member of Not Fade Away: Rock ‘N’ Roll Reignited, will be performing the original musical performance in tribute to Buddy Holly and other music legends. Tickets are now available for four shows from March 20-21 at the Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
March 9, 2021 Reid ’10, who graduated from MMC with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Religious Studies, spoke with The Daily Iowan on her path to becoming a New York Times bestseller and the experiences that influenced her novel, Such a Fun Age.
March 5, 2021 Hayden Anderson ’17 and Rikki Ziegelman ’18, two graduates of MMC’s Musical Theatre program and the founders of HARP Theatricals, are producing a virtual reading of a new original musical based on the 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, The Yellow Wallpaper. The event is stage managed by another MMC alumna, Kayla Michelle Williams ’19, a double major in Theatre Arts (Producing and Management and Writing for the State) and Digital Media and Video Production. The musical will be a retelling of the feminist classic written under the spectre of COVID-19 and will premiere live via YouTube on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:30 pm. The event is free of charge, but attendees are encouraged to donate $5 to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
February 24, 2021 Alexandra Fortin ’18, a graduate of MMC’s Theatre Performance program, was interviewed by The Rhode Show and discussed her upcoming one-woman show Um… recorded at the Greenwich Odeum. Visit The Rhode Show to watch the interview and get information on how to view Um…, premiering on February 27, 2020.
February 16, 2021 Munn, a senior BFA in Musical Theatre major and BWW guest writer, shares his experience preparing and auditioning for undergraduate musical theatre programs, as well as advice for prospective students looking to start their journeys as professional performers.
February 11, 2021 Jill Stevenson, Ph.D., Professor of Theatre Arts and Chair of the Department, discusses professional development in MMC’s Directing program and more on the February 10 episode of The Drama League’s “Ta[l]king Directions” podcast.
February 3, 2021 Soloway ’02, who studied Acting, Directing, and Lighting Design while at MMC, has been appointed associate dean of presenting and external relations and director of the Martha Rivers Ingram Center for the Performing Arts at Vanderbilt Blair School of Music.
January 12, 2021 Michael Johnson ’14, a graduate of MMC’s BFA in Acting program, released his new album Jungle Savior on December 1, 2020, under the stage name BROCRISP. A collaboration with Summer Dregs, the album was produced while working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 8, 2020 This past November, Heather María Ács ’02, a graduate of MMC’s Theatre Arts program, premiered her newest short film, Flourish, at the Big Apple Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, and Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. The film currently playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Programmer’s Notebook through December 10, with a live Q&A with Heather on December 9 at 7:30 p.m. To view the film virtually at BAM Cinema or to register for the Q&A, RSVP to the premiere.
Marymount Manhattan College will expand the number of classes that take place in person for Fall 2021.
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