Ms. Shawn Hann, Director of Theatre

Ms. Hann has been teaching since 1994 and the Director of Theatre at DSA since 2001. Ms. Hann comes to Denver from Des Moines, Iowa via Texas where she taught for seven years. In high school Ms. Hann was on the drill team, show choir, concert choir, drama club, newspaper staff, church choir and hand-bell choir. During her first year of college Ms. Hann attended a woman's college, called Cottey College, in Nevada, MO. Honors at Cottey included Vice-President of the class, Dean's List for academic achievement, and leading roles in the plays. Ms. Hann received her BA in Communication/Theatre Arts Education (minor in English Education) from the University of Northern Iowa, (formally the Iowa State Teacher's College.) Ms. Hann also spent a semester abroad in London, England,  ... Read More >

Mr. Brandon Becker, Asst. Director of Theatre

Originally from Fresno, California Mr. Becker is a graduate of Roosevelt School of the Performing and Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA in Theatre Pedagogy). In 2005 Mr. Becker began his tenure at Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts & Technology (ARGS) in Central Virginia, first as Chair of the Musical Theatre Department and then as Chair of the Theatre Arts Department in 2008.

Before that Mr. Becker was Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University where he established the Found Theatre Ensemble with the intent of producing plays in non-theatrical settings. Since then FTE has produced well received productions of It Only Took... Read More >