The 2024-25 Guilford College Bryan Series at Tanger Center
In its 20th subscription season, the Guilford College Bryan Series will present programs featuring actor-activists LeVar Burton in October 2024 and Ashley Judd in April 2025 at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts. “We’re excited to present two fascinating evenings with nationally known speakers on topics of literacy and mental health,” said LaToya Marsh, Director of the Bryan Series. “LeVar and Ashley have distinguished themselves as performing artists as well as educational and social justice advocates. We look forward to these inspiring programs.”
The 2024-25 Guilford College Bryan Series includes:
LeVar Burton is best known for his iconic portrayals of the young Kunta Kinte in the groundbreaking ABC mini-series “Roots,” as Geordi LaForge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and as the longtime host of the public television program “Reading Rainbow.” He’s been honored with Daytime Emmy, Grammy and Peabody Awards.
Ashley Judd has had starring roles in a number of popular movies including “Kiss the Girls,” “Where the Heart Is,” “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” and “De-Lovely.” She is a leading advocate for mental health, gender equality and the elimination of poverty and was a 2017 TIME Person of the Year, as part of the “Silence Breakers.”
