Stage Seminars Presents
Teachers talk Teaching Interviews
The Stage Seminars Mentor Program interview series with teachers who have design/tech programs.
Tuesday, Aug. 3rd at 1 pm Eastern USA time
I first came to know Dana many years ago via an online email list known as the Stagecraft Mailing List. After years of email exchanges we “knew” each other rather well. When I was tasked by the NYC Board of Education with putting together a group of theater teachers and technical theater industry leaders, Dana was my first choice to represent technical theater teachers. This group’s charter was to devise an exit exam for a newly created “Blueprint for the Performing Arts” for adoption by New York State.
we have a special guest joining us.
Dana Taylor
We’ll be answering your questions along the way while we chat about these topics below.
- How did you get started with Design/Tech?
- What is your favorite topic to teach?
- In what area did you have your greatest challenges?
- How do you delegate tasks to your student crew?
- How school played a role in your journey?
- Thoughts on college vs. jumping right into the industry.
- Tips and tricks.
- What are your favorite industry resources?
- Words of wisdom for teachers and their students.
Dana W. Taylor spent over twenty-five years teaching technical theatre at the Mt. Vernon Senior High School Fine Arts Academy (Mt. Vernon, IN). He is a writer in the area of technical theatre and served ten years as the technical editor for Dramatics Magazine and Teaching Theatre Journal and was also the technical editor for Basic Drama Projects (9th Edition) as well as Concert Lighting: The Art and Business of Entertainment Lighting (3rd Edition) by James Moody. He served as a board member for The Entertainment Services Technology Association (ESTA) from 2013-2019. In 2011, he received the Founder’s Award from the Educational Theatre Association, and in 2014, was the first high school educator to receive the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Education.