![]() ![]() Among other posts he has held in thirty years of producing theatre and arts administration are as General Manager for PlayMakers Repertory Company with UNC-Chapel Hill, and management posts with a couple of small professional theatres in the Philadelphia area. He has served as an administrative consultant to a variety of arts organizations in North Carolina and Virginia. An arts activist, he served as Board Chair for Arts North Carolina, and served as that organization’s Advocacy Chair for over two years. He's served on several panels & committees over the years for various local, regional, & state arts councils and legislative purposes.ĭavid is also the former Executive Director of the North Carolina Theatre Conference, a leadership and service organization for the state’s theatre organizations and artists. He's appeared in various commercials, small films, and other media, but it's the public television broadcasts where his appearances continue to air.Īt the desk, on the road, or on the phone David has also managed regional theatres along the way (from small & professional theatres to a regional LORT company), and he's led a statewide non-profit service organization. Additionally, public television audiences have seen him nationally and locally both as a performer – with his wife, Serena Ebhardt, in the national broadcast of EbzB’s War Bonds: The Songs & Letters of WWII – and as a frequent spokesperson with UNC-TV in North Carolina. David's portrayal of Charles Dickens in The Night Before Christmas Carol has now been seen by millions nationally and internationally on public television. He's done a little bit of film, but most of his screen work has been on television. On the screen – small and large You've likely seen David on one screen or another at some point – but more than likely on the broadcast or computer screen. His portrayals over the years with EbzB include Charles Dickens author, playwright & social justice advocate Paul Green in Native and countless others on stages in North Carolina, throughout the U.S, coast to coast, and in Canada. Under the auspices of EbzB Productions, David's work has been seen on two public television broadcasts of the company's work – aired to millions through national and international networks & distribution – Elliot Engel's The Night Before Christmas Carol and War Bonds: The Songs & Letters of WWII. Over the years, he has also appeared with several companies in addition to Deep Dish Theater & Burning Coal, among them PlayMakers Repertory Company, the StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance, & Temple Theatre. In the Triangle region of North Carolina, he took on the role of Henry Carr in the acclaimed Burning Coal Theatre Company production of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties (which went on to enthusiastic reviews at Charleston’s Picolo Spoleto). His many regional theatre credits include such roles as Nicholas in Nicholas Nickleby, Jesu in Unholy Trinity, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Hotspur and other roles in Henry IV – Parts I & II, and Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet. Along with productions such as War Bonds, The Wrights of Passage, and others, he has also appeared as Charles Dickens in Elliot Engel’s The Night Before Christmas Carol in countless venues in the United States. In the Triangle region (Raleigh/Durham, NC), he appeared in the widely praised Deep Dish Theatre production of David Hare’s Via Dolorosa at the Stoneleaf Theatre Festival in Asheville, NC, and in Chapel Hill, NC. ![]() Under the auspices of EbzB Productions, a production team comprised of Serena Ebhardt and himself, he's toured nationally with several projects and continues to do so. On Stage David has appeared in a variety of roles on stage over the years – in the US and Canada. He fell asleep on stage in his very first role as a resting shepherd in the church kindergarten Christmas play in a small North Carolina town, and he's felt at home on the stage ever since – and the belief in the power of telling a story has led him to stage, film, and broadcast appearances throughout the United States, and also in Canada. When asked in recent years how best to describe himself, David has simply replied, “You could say I’m a bit of an impresario…at times, I’ve been a professional actor & a producer a sometime political activist I’m a storyteller, and a host of other things…I do what I need to do to keep food on the table, and to keep the family warm & dry.”ĭavid's discovery of the power of a story and storytelling has held him since childhood, and has led him to pursue such endeavors as acting, producing, numerous collaborative projects, and other creative endeavors over the years. ![]()
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