UVA MFA Professional Actor Training Program

Christine Jacobs

Born and raised in Annandale, Virginia, Christine was drawn to performance starting with her first role as the Yellow Brick Road in her drama camp’s production of The Wizard of Oz. That’s right, not a munchkin, but the Yellow Brick Road itself. How’s that for a formative experience? Christine then attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology where she gave her most challenging performance to date: acting like she was at all interested in science or technology. She later graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Theatre and Elementary Education, and with a deep, passionate love for Wawa coffee. Once thrown unceremoniously into the “real” world, Christine settled in the DC area, where she performed with various theatre companies, sang at churches and cabarets, and taught nearly every child in the DMV how to play Zip Zap Zop. In 2023, Christine graduated from the University of Virginia with her MFA in Drama, where she also taught Acting 1 to the undergraduates (college-level rules to Zip Zap Zop available upon request).