Darryl Proctor Named America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week
UMBC junior forward Darryl Proctor has been named America East Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, for games ending January 6, 2008.
www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=3789

Recognition for Theatre in City Paper
UMBC students, faculty and alumni and students were "major players" in 4 out of 10 of
Baltimore City Paper's top picks for area theatre productions of 2007. The article listing season highlights also cites as "memorable" two UMBC productions directed by Xerxes Mehta—“The Threepenny Opera” and “Silence, Cunning, Exile.”

www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=14967

Below are the UMBC connections to the City Paper 2007 theatre picks:

Two by Pinter: "The Collection" and "The Lover" (Rep Stage)

Faculty
Xerxes Mehta (Director)
Elena Zlotescu (Set & Costume Design)
Lynn Watson (Voice & Dialects)
Shelley Steffens Joyce (Costume Draper)

Alumni
Michael Stebbins (Artistic Director, Rep Stage)
Steven Fleming (Assistant Stage Manager)

Students
Laurel Haac (Assistant to the Costume Designer)
Sarah Norton (Assistant to the Costume Designer)

"Bach at Leipzig" (Rep Stage)
Alumni
Michael Stebbins (Artistic Director, Rep Stage)

"Assassins" (Spotlighters Theatre)
Alumni
Rob Oppel (Director)
Brian Rudell (Sound Design)

Students
Frank Miller (Lighting Design)

"Blood Wedding" (Run of the Mill Theatre)

Alumni
Beverly Shannon (Actor)
Jessie Dulaney (Actor)
Karen Landry (Actor)