A professional outreach program of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Open Dream Ensemble brings the creative energy of original live performances to students across the southeast, taking them on an artistic journey to engage their minds, enrich their overall education and broaden the horizon of their imagination. Featuring professional artists trained at the UNCSA, Open Dream Ensemble is a creative force of transformation, affirming that the arts are vital, enthralling and relevant to the wellbeing and enrichment of young people.
Visit the blog on this page and interact with the Open Dream Ensemble team as they share extraordinary stories about the creative process in presenting the original show, Peril on the Red Planet, in 2010.
- NASA Launches a Partnership with UNCSA's Open Dream Ensemble - NASA is teaming up with some alums from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Open Dream Ensemble. Listen as WFDD's LeShea Agnew reports.
- Open Dream Ensemble: Dream Machines PART II - Writer/directors Matt Cowart and Isaac Klein reminisce about lessons learned at UNCSA, life and work in New York, and their new Open Dream Ensemble collaboration, the musical "Dream Machines" with WFDD's David Ford.
- Open Dream Ensemble: Dream Machines PART I - Open Dream Ensemble's General Manager, Rebecca Nussbaum, discusses ODE's new play, "Dream Machines", and the power of arts in education with WFDD's David Ford.
- Dream Machines (Dream Machines)
- Beyond the Horizon (Dream Machines)
- Mouse (The Amazing Adventure of Anna Marie)
- Pirate (The Amazing Adventure of Anna Marie)
- Anna (The Amazing Adventure of Anna Marie)







