Anthony Davis

davisa@bedfordk12tn.net

Anthony Davis began teaching at CHS in the fall of 1994.  He teaches Drama I, II, and Drama Enrichment as well as English III.  He has a BS degree from Middle Tennessee State University where he majored in Theatre.  He has been married since 1985 to Edna and has one daughter, Beth.

Davis started CHS's "Smokestack Theatre Group" in 1994 with the group's first production, Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark.  Since then, the group has produced dramas such as Our Town, The Crucible, and The Diary of Anne Frank.  They have produced comedies such as God's Favorite's and The Boys Next Door, as well as musicals such as Godspell (the first Broadway musical in CHS's history), Man of LaMancha and Footloose.

The group has toured New York City four times and has sponsored the only high school theatre festival in the Middle Tennessee area, The "Smokestack Theatre Festival".  CHS drama is also home to Troupe 5412 of the International Thespian Society, a world-wide actor's fraternity which boasts Tom Hanks and John Goodman among its members.  In 1999, the group won Tennessee's "Excellence in Education" award from the state.