ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS & ACTIVIST
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, 7:30 P.M.
ROBERT E. PARILLA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE-ROCKVILLE CAMPUS
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Academy Award-winning actress, director, producer, author, and activist Marlee Matlin. From Hollywood’s spotlight to global advocacy, Ms. Matlin shares her powerful story—breaking barriers, challenging norms, and inspiring hearts. This event promises insight, inspiration, and impact. Listeners come away informed and empowered to make a difference in the world, with the knowledge that they can begin by changing just one person’s life.
Ms. Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her film debut in Paramount Pictures’ CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also starred in numerous television projects, including SEINFELD, THE WEST WING, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, THE L WORD, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, THE MAGICIANS, ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS, and QUANTICO. In 2012, she released her first app, appropriately titled MARLEE SIGNS, teaching American Sign Language to millions of smart phone users. Ms. Matlin has also penned three novels for children, as well as her New York Times best- selling autobiography, I’LL SCREAM LATER. In 2022, Ms. Matlin made her directing debut, being the first network television director who is Deaf for the Fox TV anthology drama, ACCUSED. In 2022, her Apple TV+ film CODA swept every category it was nominated in at the 2022 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In 2025, the documentary MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Shoshannah Stern, the documentary explores Ms. Matlin’s life and career, and her activism.
For tickets and information, visit www.montgomerycollege.edu/PAC or call the box office at 240-567-5301.
