User:Dragyarl

I am an actor, director, playwright, and teacher of live theatre. I have been employed full time as the artistic director of the Carpenter Science Theatre, an educational theatre company located at the Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond), since 1998. Prior to this, I was director of the theatre program at the Lilly Theater in Indianapolis (Children's Museum of Indianapolis) from 1987 to 1998. I am a member of the Actors Equity Association since 1982 and have portrayed a variety of roles for professional theaters in 5 states, and have directed over 100 productions. As a playwright, 17 of my original scripts and adaptations for stage have been produced. I have also composed both incidental and theme music for a dozen live theatre productions for theatres in Virginia, Georgia and Indiana. For close to 30 years, my specialty has been writing, acting, directing and producing live theatre productions that are presented for both education and entertainment in museum settings. I have presented dozens of sessions, workshops and interviews both across the USA and internationally that address techniques for the use of live theatre in educational settings. I am a past president of the International Museum Theatre Alliance and the Richmond Alliance of Professional Theatres, also past president of the professional division of the Indiana Theatre Association, and co-founder/vice-chair of the Museum Theatre Professional Interest Council of the American Association of Museums. I taught Introduction to Acting for 10 semesters at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, and have guest lectured at Old Dominion University, Butler University, the University of Indianapolis and Indiana University at South Bend.