Dan A Dimond

My major strength is the ability to work with people in an educational, community, and professional environment by promoting growth and self-realization through the production process.  I consider myself an artist educator.

Resident Designer                                                                             Academy of Holy Angels
                                                                                                     1994 to Present

 
       Responsible for designing and technical direction of over forty productions, favorites include:

     Secret Garden                                              1994

     Sunday in the Park with George                 1995

     K2                                                                1998

     Old Turtle

     Edinburgh Fringe Festival tour                 2000

     Scarlet Pimpernel                                       2004

Designed and toured for MinnesotaState One Act Festival.
                                                                       State One Act information.

Facilities manager of theatre space.

Taught and trained students in the technical arts of design, set construction and    scenic painting.

 Freelance Designer                                                  Local area Schools, Community, and
                                                                                                               Professional Theatres

          Providing design and technical expertise to the area’s educational, community, and professional theatres, including Phipps Performing Arts Center, Theatre in the Round, Minnesota Shakespeare Project, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, to name a few.

            Examples of Scenic and Lighting Design:                  

           Arsenic and Old Lace             Phipps Performing Arts Center

            King Lear                                Theatre in the Round

            Romeo and Juliet                    Minnesota Shakespeare Project

                                                            (Tour & Grand Marais Shakespeare                                                                                         Festival)

            Pericles, Prince of Tyre         Minnesota Shakespeare Project

           Proof                                         Paul Bunyan Playhouse  2003 season

           Twelfth Night                                      

Resident Scenic and Lighting Designer for the Paul Bunyan Playhouse 2004                  season including:

            Educating Rita            Lion in Winter            Man of La Mancha

          How to Eat Like A Child      Rounding Third      Barefoot in the Park

Contracted for the 2005 season at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse as Resident Scenic and Lighting Designer.        

Scenic Artist for theatrical productions and mural works.   Murals done in both public and private spaces.   Bellaire Mural

Technical Theatre                                        Area Schools, Community theatre,
and CTAM Convention

·       Eleven years of experience in teaching design and the technical arts in formal classroom situations including classes in Stagecraft, Scenic, and Lighting design.

·       Presented seminars and workshops on all aspects of technical theatre, including Stage Design, Scene Painting, Stage Management, Design Research, Properties Design and Construction.  Examples include:

 o      Design for the Theatre                                                                   1999   

o      Scenery on a Budget                                                                      2001

o      Developing leadership thru the Technical Theatre Process          2003

o      The Five Dollar Prop Project                                                       2004

        Developed and ran youth theatre programs in local area community theatres and city community centers, including White Bear Lake’s Lakeshore’s Summer Youth Project.

 
Teaching:  Formal Classroom                                                                

 Education

             MA in Education                                                        St. Mary’s University of                                                                                                       Minnesota

        BS in Technical Theatre and Design                           Oklahoma City University

        Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering

        And the Sciences                                                           University of Minnesota

 
        Internship in Stage Properties                                       Guthrie Theatre