UNCG Magazine spotlights Theatre Alumnus
Setting the Scene: Joseph Forbes ’75
UNCG Magazine Spotlights Theatre Alumna
Leavel Best: Beth Leavel ‘80 MA
Dress to express: UNCG’s costume archives survives on Tate Street
By Sayaka Matsuoka –August 8, 2019, Triad City Beat It’s like walking into a library. Each piece, each garment, each stitch tells a different story, reflects a different era. Each has a different author and purpose. Twenty-thousand outfits fill the UNCG costume warehouse, taking over the front room of what used to be Addam’s […]
CVPA Alumni at 2019 Tony Awards
Spartans shine at Tony Awards ceremony
UNC Greensboro School of Theatre Students Visit the American Shakespeare Center
By UNC Greensboro School of Theatre Student Lexie Simerly On April 14, 2019 a group of current and former UNCG theatre students traveled up to Staunton, VA, with Associate Professor, John Gulley, to the American Shakespeare Center. They participated in a workshop and saw a production of Henry IV, Part 1. The students who participated […]
ACTOR CHRIS CHALK, FROM THE G TO ‘GOTHAM’
UNCG alumnus Chris Chalk ’01 stars in the hit show “Gotham,” and has been featured in “Homeland” and “Underground.” He has starred in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Ruined,” and the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “Fences” alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. He was featured in the Oscar Best Picture film “Twelve Years a Slave.” […]
Michelle Mason ’18
“KATS: The Meerkat Musical” and “Indiana Bones and the Kingdom of the Camarasaur” are examples of presentations at Greensboro’s Science Center, where actors educate and entertain a vital audience: children. Michelle Mason ’18 contributes to our community by using her acting skills to connect with kids. UNCG’s School of Theatre has long valued young audiences. […]
ALUMNA LANDS ROLE ON NEW AMAZON STUDIOS PILOT
Earlier this year, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ‘15 flew to Los Angeles on her birthday. She didn’t know it then, but she was about to receive the best birthday present she could ask for: A lead role in the Amazon Studios young adult series pilot, “Panic.” So far, Chestnut said, it’s her favorite role. It’s also her very […]
Shakespeare Festival names UNCG alumni as managing director!
Addition comes as nonprofit recognizes 30 years of operations The Nashville Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors has named Bradley Brown as managing director. According to a release, Brown (pictured) will work in tandem with NSF Executive Artistic Director Denice Hicks and will oversee the administrative and operational management of the festival and its marketing, development […]
CLASS OF 2018: BARAKA ONGERI
With just nine days until May Commencement, you can feel the graduation jitters. Spartans are putting last-minute touches on their cap designs, cramming for final exams and flocking to College Avenue to take photos in their graduation garb. UNC Greensboro senior Baraka Ongeri is one of more than 2,700 Spartans set to graduate next Friday, […]