 Mr Dane Madsen Lowden Theater Manager - Instructor Box Office Supervisor Office 799-7800 x5100 demadsen@interact.ccsd.net |
 "I
am entering my 24th year in education, and I am excited beyond words to
be the manager of the
Lowden Theater for the Performing Arts here at
the Las Vegas Academy. Even though I will not be in the
classroom,
I define myself primarily as an educator. I was born
and raised in Grayling, Michigan and received my B.S. in Education with
an emphasis in Theatre Arts and English from Central Michigan
University in 1971. I received an M.A. in Theatre
Arts from
Southwest Missouri State University in 1975 where I trained in the
acting program with John Goodman, Kathleen Turner, and Tess
Harper. "After working (and struggling) as a professional actor for several years (I met my wife, Cyd, during a production of Comings and Goings) I began my career as a teacher in 1983 at Bishop Gorman High School where I taught Theatre, Speech, and English. In 1993 I took over the Theatre program at Green Valley High School and so enjoyed 20 years of great theatre experiences and superlative students; many of those students are still working professionally in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and London. "During four years of early retirement, Cyd and I traveled through Europe, I earned my SAG card, performed on a semi-regular basis as a singer/guitarist at The Olive in Green Valley, worked for Starbucks (I make a mean cappuccino), and taught communications for CSN. "The past two summers I have served as head of the acting division at Next Step Prep, a Musical Theatre intensive High School summer workshop, at the Missoula Children’s Theatre in Montana. I have had the great good fortune to work in that program along side MCT’s founder and guiding force Jim Caron and Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown, Broadway actors Alexander Gemignani, Bill Bowers, Alan Campbell, Andy Taylor, Michael Murphy, and Marcus Olson; NYU instructor Erin Ortman, professional Clown Steve Smith, Montana educators Troy Bashor and Nancy Caron, as well as professional dance artist Tez Yancey and K. O. Knudson dance instructor Traci Traasdahl, not to mention the incredible MCT staff. It is an exciting program that has drawn students from near and far … as far away as China and India. "My office is located in the lobby of the Lowden Theater. If you need any information or help with the Lowden, don't hesitate to visit me. I am here to help you." |
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