Awarded the 1997 North Carolina Arts Council Playwrights' Fellowship for "Hannah Elias."  Founder of Montage Showcase Ensemble, Nathan Ross Freeman, a script writer, is also a director and professional acting teacher.  Currently, Freeman is a teacher of Playwriting, Member of the Intensive Writing Faculty at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.  Member of the NC Humanities Speakers Bureau and Artistic Director of the Winston-Salem Summer Youth Film, Theatre and Visual Arts Institute.