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Dec 11, 2023 · After 50 years of Christmas memories, local legend Ira David Wood III has taken his final bow as Scrooge on the stage of Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Posted 2023-12-11T14:06:31+00:00 - Updated ...
Aug 7, 2018 · 50 For 50: Ira David Wood. A native North Carolinian, Ira David Wood III was raised rural in Halifax County. Realizing his passion for theater in high school, Wood was invited to join the inaugural class of the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1965. After graduating, Wood deliberately chose to stay in North Carolina to build a career in ...
IRA DAVID WOOD III. Executive Director. (Click name for full bio) Ira David Wood III is the Founder & Executive Director of Theatre In The Park. A graduate of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he was raised in Enfield, NC and became his hometown’s first Eagle Scout.
Ira David Wood III is just “David” in real life. But you might also know him by another name: Scrooge. Wood has been stomping and huffing and finding redemption for 40 Novembers and Decembers now as director and lead actor of A Christmas Carol , the longest-running show in the city.
Birthday November 19, 1947. Birth Sign Scorpio. Birthplace North Carolina. Age 76 years old. About. Father of actress Evan Rachel Wood and a venerable stage actor whose Dramatic Reading of a Breakup Letter found huge success on YouTube. Before Fame. He grew up in Enfield, North Carolina, and attended The North Carolina School of the Arts. Trivia.
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Dec 8, 2023 · Ira, 38, a seasoned actor and artistic director at Theatre in the Park, has taken turns as Scrooge since 2010 when his father suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent open heart surgery. Ira was 26 at the time, only a year younger than when David first debuted the production in 1974 in Raleigh.
Dec 7, 2022 · Ira David Wood III was 27 when he started playing Scrooge in Theatre in the Park's "A Christmas Carol," a musical and comedic take on the classic Dickens' novella that has become a fixture in the Triangle.
