The School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts trains talented young men and women to be exciting, versatile and accomplished professionals. The school emphasizes classical values in its training process to meet a well-recognized demand for actors to be technically skilled and, at the same time, creatively inspired. This vital combination of talent and skill is developed and refined by a highly qualified professional faculty through close, personal attention to their students' growth.

Gerald Freedman Celebration Thank You and Photos

Read Drama college junior Jasmine Anne Osborne’s piece in “Class Act” in Backstage online, www.backstage.com, and follow her blog at Backstage Unscripted.

Ira David Wood III (classes of 1966 – high school and 1970 – college) leads the cast of The Full Monty with Sally Struthers and Jarrod Emick at Raleigh's North Carolina Theatre. Also in the cast is fellow Drama alumnus Jeremy Mills (class of 2002).

Quincy Dunn-Baker (class of 2005) will appear off-Broadway at the Classic Repertory Company in Alexander Ostrovsky's The Forest opposite two-time Academy Award-winner Dianne Wiest.

Chris Hartl (high school class of 1999 and college class of 2003) co-stars with Tony-winner John Glover and Malcolm Gets at the Kennedy Center in Terrence McNally's Lisbon Traviata, directed by Christopher Ashley.

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