Adjunct Instructor of Theatre
- Office: Clayton Center for the Arts
- Department: Fine Arts
- Phone: 865-981-8150
- Email: drew.drake@maryvillecollege.edu
- Education: B.F.A., Western Carolina University, M.F.A., University of Tennessee
Drew Drake is an Actor, Poet, Director, Hip Hop Artist and Educator from Huntsville Alabama but currently residing in Knoxville Tennessee; focused on creating art that facilitates healthy dialogue for people of color.
Drew was last seen performing on TV in Roles such as “Lamar Cordell” in Law and Order Season 22 and “Keshawn” in upcoming Netflix Original “Ratu Ratu from Queens” and stages such as Bonnaroo Music Festival, Barclays Center and Brooklyn Academy of Music production “Word. Sound. Power and in March Off-Broadway at National Black Theatre’s Production “Packages, O The Things We Deliver”. Drew was the 2024-2025 Artist in Residence at The University of Tennessee. Drew’s served as a Professor at New York University; teaching Voice and Speech at Tisch School of the Arts, Columbia Law School; teaching “Theatre of Change: Reimagining Justice Through Abolition” as well as teaching African American Theatre at Medgar Evers College. Learn more at www.thedrewdrake.com