Shanghai Theater Academy - the cradle of stars

（People's Daily Online）  08:14, July 09, 2013  

Edited and translated by Li Qian, People's Daily Online

Founded on December 1, 1945, Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA), formerly Shanghai Municipal Experimental Drama School, is a higher art institution which nurtures theatres specialists in China.

Its principle of education: “Look at the world, look at modernization and look at the future.” It aims to be a first-class and high-quality comprehensive university of theatre arts. Its alumnae include actresses Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing and Zhang Yuqi. Famous actors Tong Dawei and Lu Yi also graduated from the school.