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.

Will Rogers (class of 2004) plays George Gibbs in Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Williamstown Theatre Festival July 21 through Aug. 1. The play is directed by longtime School of Drama guest artist Nicholas Martin. F

"Outsourced," featuring Diedrich Bader '87, is NBC's new addition to their fall Thursday night comedy lineup, which includes "30 Rock" and "The Office." It will air at 9:30 p.m. EST.

Cinny Strickland (class of 1987) and Michael Abbott, Jr. (class of 2000), appear in the world premiere of "Providence Gap, The World Premiere of an Appalachian Saga," at Triad Stage in Greensboro, N.C., through July 4.  The play is written and directed by Triad Stage artistic director and School of Drama alumnus Preston Lane (class of 1992), with original music by Laurelyn Dossett.

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