Alumni

USM Theatre students have distinguished themselves with theatre companies throughout New England, such as Portland Stage Company, Maine State Music Theatre, The Public Theatre, The Children's Theatre of Maine, Good Theater, Mad Horse Theatre, The Company of Girls,, the Two Lights Theatre Ensemble, Maine Playwrights Festival and AIRE Theatre. Many of our alumni go on to perform in off and on Broadway and in Los Angeles. 

Emmy Award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and award-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Sieffert are USM theatre graduates; as is Kurt Ela, who recently appeared in All About Steve with Sandra Bullock. USM students and faculty have worked in several films and TV series including Empire Falls, Hotel Universe, Stephen King's Pet Sematary and Graveyard Shift, Mermaids, All the Vermeers in New York, Sundowning, and All My Children. 

Our professional faculty directors and designers work at some of the best regional theaters in the country such as those mentioned above, as well as The Walnut Street Theatre, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Alley Theatre in Houston, North Shore Music Theatre, and The Seattle Repertory Theatre.