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Chanda Branch
Chanda Branch is an alumnus of Tennessee State University, with a B.S. in Speech Communications & Theatre including Teaching Certification. Leadership and civic engagement were instilled in her as core values at a young age in her hometown of St. Read More
Phillip Bernard Smith
Phillip Bernard Smith, a native of Winston-Salem North Carolina, joined the North Carolina Black Repertory Company in 1992 when the late founder Larry Leon Hamlin cast and directed him in Jeff Stetson’s play, The Meeting. As a member of the… Read More
Steven B. Epstein
Steven B. Epstein is a litigation partner at Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh. He has been practicing law for 35 years following his graduation from UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC School of Law. Since 2015, he has focused his practice… Read More
Clif Cates
Clif Cates works in a leadership role at Duke Energy and is a native of Wilson, NC. He graduated from NC State with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and also received an MBA from Wake Forest University. He resides… Read More
Barbette Hunter
Barbette Hunter is a professional actress who has performed with numerous theatre companies in the Triangle. Since 2004, she has been a teaching artist for RLT and Cary Applause! Youth Theatre. She has also worked as a stage manager for… Read More
Judy M. Dove
Judy M. Dove is a playwright, director, teaching artist, and retired WCPSS Theatre Arts and French educator, and was an adjunct professor in the Meredith College Department of Dance and Theatre. She has directed for the Raleigh Little Theatre (Sleeping… Read More