Make a Gift!

Help the Department of Dramatic Art by making a contribution to endowments that support the work of our students or help in other ways.  Choose an endowment below and make a contribution with the campaign number by sending a check to Department of Dramatic Art CB# 3230, Center for Dramatic Art Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230 .

The Dramatic Art Gift Fund 1171

To provide support for the educational mission of the Department of Dramatic Art.

The Ruth and Wes Egan Award 7389

Funds are used to recognize the best undergraduate design for a departmental production, inclusive of scenery, props, costumes, lights, and sound at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Joseph D. Feldman Award in Playwriting 4-0-A**-0900-37009

To provide a yearly prize for excellence in playwriting to the most worthy student in literature and playwriting.

The Robert Finch Memorial Fund 0-70803-42**

To provide support for playwriting activities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through the Department of Dramatic Art. Funds may be used to to provide support for visiting lecturers in playwriting and other activities to encourage playwriting.

The George Grizzard Scholarship Fund 1468

To provide scholarship support to a rising junior, senior or graduate student studying acting in Dramatic Art.

Paul and Elizabeth Green Scholarship in Dramatic Art 4-0-A**-0900-36107

The fund will provide scholarship support for students studying all fields in Dramatic Art.

The Andy and Cindi Griffith Fund 0-70259-42**

The basis of this fund is a gift from Mr. Andy Griffith class of 1949. To provide a scholarship for a sophomore, junior or senior majoring in Dramatic Art who has displayed excellence in the field, who has had extracurricular activities, is of good character and shows need of financial assistance.

Frederick M. Koch Memorial Scholarship in Playwriting 4-0-A**-0900-36042

The Frederick Koch Scholarship was originally awarded to a student of merit in playwriting and other evidence of dramatic ability by the Advisory Committee of the Carolina Playmakers. This award is presently housed in the Department of Dramatic Art and is awarded to students of exceptional ability in any area of dramatic art. The recipient must be of good personal character and under the age of twenty five years.

The Virgil and Mary Lee Fellowship in Playwriting 0-71109-42**

The fund will be used to assist a talented student in playwriting,

Lillian Hughes Prince Fund 0-0-000-3207-77442

To support activities that enhance the production, development, maintenance, and student participation in theatrical productions sponsored by the Department of Dramatic Art.

The Irene Smart Raines Dramatic Art Award Fund 0-93093-****-0-000-3201

To support promising students in the Department of Dramatic Art.

Tom Rezzuto Guest Lectureship Fund 7430

The fund will provide teaching by guest artists and theatre training specialists that will expand the learning experience of students in technical production and costume technology. The fund will support a lectureship which will encompass short-term and long-term workshop classes in the specific areas of the theatre artisan’s spectrum and provide specialty materials for projects and workshops used by the guest lecturers.

Samuel Selden Memorial Fund for Scholarship in Playwriting 4-0-A**-0900-36151

A memorial fund from family and friends of Samuel Selden who taught in the Department for thirty years and served as Chair for twenty. To award a student playwright who will have written a full length play while enrolled at UNC-CH.

Shepperd Strudwick Memorial Scholarship Fund 0-0-000-3207-70459-42**

To provide scholarship support to a graduate or undergraduate student in the Department of Dramatic Art.

The Phyllis Rice Ryan Award 7962

This award will be used to recognize a graduate student in the Department of Dramatic Art who exhibits excellence in scholarship, leadership and personal character. Candidates for this award must have achieved North Carolina resident status to be considered eligible.