Zach Hanner

Zach Hanner was born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, in June of 1969 and spent his formative years growing up in nearby Pilot Mountain. After attending the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in High Point (which featured a young Terrance Mann as Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream), he knew that the stage would be a lifelong passion. At the age of 10, he landed the lead role in the Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors and, soon after, portrayed the role of Dill in To Kill A Mockingbird, both shows staged at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mt. Airy, Griffiths hometown. Hanner also developed a love for music, taking piano lessons, playing drums in the school band and studying voice for many years, eventually earning a spot in the esteemed choral ensemble at the North Carolina Governors School in 1985. Having eschewed the stage for the basketball court throughout high school, he rediscovered his love for performing while attending the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He threw himself in to theater headlong, studying with amazing professors Paul Ferguson and Randall Hill in UNCs Performance Studies department, eventually receiving his Bachelors degree.

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