he was sent to a junior boarding school in pomfret, connecticut called the rectory school and graduated high school at middlesex school in concord, massachusetts. traversari went on to graduate from florida state university in tallahassee, florida with a bachelor of arts in acting. while in school he performed on stage in "twelfth night" (as antonio), "the apple tree" (as adam), "princess ida" (as cyril), "macbeth" (as macduff), "infancy" (as avonzino), what the butler saw (as nick), the sea gull (as trigorin), romeo and juliet (as romeo), "the lost colony" (as a. dare/j. borden) and "camino real" (as abdullah).