Leah Marie Smith from Gainesville, Ga., Participates in 'A Raisin in the Sun' Theater Production with Brenau University

2013 Feb 22

Leah Marie Smith from Gainesville, Ga., participated in the Brenau University and Gainesville Theatre Alliance production of "A Raisin in the Sun". Smith is a senior at Brenau University majoring in theater. She was a costumer and part of the house staff. She is a graduate of North Hall High School in Gainesville, Ga.

The classic 1959 stage drama, written by Lorraine Hansberry, ran Feb. 15-23 at the Ed Cabell Theatre on the University of North Georgia's Gainesville campus. It is based upon a family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.

ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2011 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's sixth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2013 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News, including a No. 9-in-the-nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also was granted "Honor Roll" status among the 2012 listings of the great colleges and universities to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education and one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. Breanu's extraordinary learning environment also was highlighted among the Colleges of Distinction.