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March 11, 2025

EbzB Productions Enhances EL Science & Writing Curriculum at Pittsboro Elementary

In January, Pittsboro Elementary School’s fourth-graders transformed into lively springboks, fierce opossums, armored armadillos, and gentle monarch butterflies under the excellent tutelage of actors Serena Ebhardt and David zum Brunnen… Read More →

January 10, 2025

Mike Wiley Brings Theatre and Writing to Siler City and Virginia Cross

Mike Wiley residency

Siler City Elementary (SCE) and Virginia Cross Elementary (VCE) students and teachers enjoyed actor and playwright Mike Wiley’s solo performance of “One Noble Journey” this past November. In addition to… Read More →

November 4, 2024

Twelve Angry Jurors/Fall Play @ Seaforth High School

Please join us for Twelve Angry Jurors written by Sherman Sergel, adapted from the Emmy award-winning television movie by Reginald Rose. The play lasts about 90 minutes, including a 15-minute… Read More →

October 29, 2024

Twelve Angry Jurors/Fall Play @ Seaforth High School

Please join us for Twelve Angry Jurors written by Sherman Sergel, adapted from the Emmy award-winning television movie by Reginald Rose. The play lasts about 90 minutes, including a 15-minute… Read More →

March 1, 2024

Little Shop of Horrors at Seaforth High School

The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” – after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and… Read More →

January 5, 2024

Mike Wiley’s Masterful Residency: Teaching through Theatre at Bennett and Bonlee School

Photo trio from L to R: An actor in historical costume stands with boy in floppy hat; Girl stands next to same actor, both with heads raised to the sky; students laughing in class.

“This was absolutely great!” Board of Education members Gary Leonard and David Hamm were enthusiastic after sitting with Bennett School students and teachers to watch actor and playwright Mike Wiley’s… Read More →

May 17, 2023

Mike Wiley Brings the Story of Henry “Box” Brown to Chatham Grove and JS Waters

Photo triptych of Howard Craft, female student performing with Mike Wiley, and boy wearing glasses seated at desk, smiling and waving at camera

Mike Wiley is a story teller, and he had a thrilling and important one for the kids at Chatham Grove and JS Waters. It was the story of Henry “Box”… Read More →

April 18, 2022

Apply Today for the JumpstART Grant: Designed by Artists for Artists

The CAC’s JumpstART grant was born out of the pandemic as a way to help get Chatham County artists and arts-workers back to work. JumpstART pays artists to make art–and… Read More →

June 3, 2021

Oh, What a Year! Virtual Artists-OUTSIDE-Schools Residencies Reach Nearly 2,000 Kids!

When the pandemic swept through the world in 2020, it hit us like a ton of bricks. Halfway through an amazing line-up of teaching artists for our Artists-in-Schools Initiative, we… Read More →

April 21, 2021

New Jumpstart Grant Opp Designed by Artists for Artists

Last year, the pandemic shut down the arts economy in Chatham County. No one really thought that one year later, we’d still be wading through the pandemic, waiting for life… Read More →

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