Young actors learn the foundational skills needed to pursue careers on stage, screen, and television.

Over the span of two years, Residential High School actors test their growing craft in a series of ever-increasing challenges including scene presentations, rehearsal projects, cabarets, dance demonstrations, and main stage productions. The focus is on developing sound values and techniques that form the entire student—voice, physical instrument, intellect, creative spirit—as well as the basis of a life-long pursuit of excellence.

Led by professional artists and performers, the Drama program is built on a conservatory model and provides training in the following areas:

Acting | Voice and Singing | Movement and Dance | Technical Theatre
 

Seniors participate in the Unified Theatre Auditions in New York and Chicago, where they audition for the foremost colleges and conservatories in America.

Student Achievements

  • 10 Drama students have been Theatre Finalists in the prestigious National YoungArts Competition, including a United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award Winner. 
  • 13 Drama students have been awarded scholarships to the famed Juilliard Drama Division. 
  • 9 Drama graduates have appeared on Broadway stages since 2010 and have received three Tony nominations, including one Tony Winner for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. 
  • 3 Drama students have received the Carnegie Mellon Presidential Scholar's Award—the Theatre Division's highest honor—while 2 Drama students were awarded the Kenan scholarship (four-year full scholarship) to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts...in the same year.

Apply for Drama

Questions about the Drama program?
Email: applydrama@scgsah.org
Call: 864.546.1698

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