Introducing the Performance Center Staff

Posted By: Lynette Johnson On: 2024-04-04
Posted On: 2024-04-04

A Note from the Technical Director:

Students, Faculty, and Staff thank you for welcoming us into our new positions as we continue to progress through the changes. Beth and I are eager to keep the Performance Center in its full glory, and would like to extend our gratitude for your support, your willingness to utilize our venues, and your involvement in creating an active campus culture.

Though we may not be seen on a daily basis, we are here to support the Saint Mary’s community. We’re a resource on campus and want to become more involved in campus activities. Our box office is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-4 pm for you to come by if you have any questions, would like a tour, or if you want to talk through ideas for events that can be hosted in the performance center! For official booking please work with Event Services. For any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

Kamryn Matta, Technical Director, ext. 7049, kmatta@smumn.edu

Elizabeth Fritton, Light and Sound Technician, efritton@smumn.edu

Interested in our background? Read our bios!

Kamryn “Kam” Matta 

Originally from Edinburg, Texas, Kamryn received her B.A. in Digital Design and Communication for the Performing Arts from Saint Mary’s in 2022. Her experience at Saint Mary’s included marketing and communication for Legally Blonde: The Musical, stage management for 9 to 5: The Musical and The Knight of the Burning Pestle, and house management for the Page Theatre. Post-graduation, she worked for the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts and continued to freelance her skills in art management and design. Kamryn is an avid creative with the local community and is the Festival Manager for the Sandbar Storytelling Festival. Having accepted the Technical Director position in June 2023, Kamryn looks positively toward the impact her position can serve in this new wave of the arts at Saint Mary’s.

Elizabeth “Beth” Fritton 

Beth is currently working as the Lights and Sound Technician for the Performance Center. She is a recent graduate of SMU’s Theatre Program. She still plays with the SMU Concert Band and is an alumnae member of Sigma Alpha Iota’s chapter on campus. She completed a semester abroad near London in the Fall of 2022, during which she also interned at Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. Beth’s favorite shows to work on have been As You Like It with Great River Shakespeare Festival (2023), The Animal Kingdom at St. Mary’s University of Twickenham, and The Drowning Girls at SMU.