In Upper School the range of theatrical opportunities is diverse.  Each fall the CFA Drama Department participates in the North Carolina Theatre Conference High School Play Festival.  This is a wonderful opportunity to not only challenge the students on all aspects of their performance and technical skills but also provide a chance to expose the students to theater programs from schools all over the state.  Each winter the students are able to participate in the annual classic play.  In the CFA Drama Department we feel it is important for the students to experience not just the different aspects of the theater but all of the history and different genres as well.  In the spring the students have the amazing opportunity to participate in a full scale musical which is staged at Historic Thalian Hall each spring. This experience is unique to CFA as it allows the students to experience the entire process of putting on a professional theatrical production.  We have students working on the stage crew and playing in the orchestra as well as performing on the stage.