The Company
Director/Story Author

Shawn Hann (Director/Story Author) - has an MFA in Directing from Roosevelt University/Chicago College of the Performing Arts and BA in Communication/Theatre Arts Education from University of Northern Iowa. This is Mrs. Hann’s 21st year as the Director of Theatre at DSA, 28th year teaching. DSA CREDITS: Indecent, The Normal Heart, Shrek (All-School Musical), Seussical Jr, And Then They Came For Me, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (State/National Mainstage), Wall 2.0 (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Lion King Jr., The Producers, The Rest is Silence, The Learned Ladies, The Little Mermaid, Jr, Moon Over Buffalo, Spring Awakening (International Thespian Festival Mainstage 2016), The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, Hairspray, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Shrek: The Musical, The Crucible, Noises Off, A Glee Inspired Romeo and Juliet (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Avenue Q, Almost, Maine, Disney’s Tarzan the Musical, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet, Of Mice and Men, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. AWARDS: 2018 Colorado High School Theatre Educator of the Year, Mayor's Award for Excellence in ARTS & CULTURE In School Arts (2015), Juilliard Directing Fellow (2012), Educational Theatre Association’s National Theatre Educator of the Year (2011) and the Alliance for Colorado Theatre Middle School Educator of the Year (2005).
Cast
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Production Team

Austin Allen (Technical Producer) - Austin is a freelance theatrical designer and technical director based in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. Specializing in multiple facets of design and stagecraft, his work has been seen from Los Angeles to New York to Edinburgh. In 2017, Austin was recognized as one of the “6 Theatre Workers You Should Know” by American Theatre Magazine. Austin also works as a consultant and designer on behalf of clients looking to renovate their theatres, buy new equipment, and train their staff.
You can view Austin’s design work at gaustinallen.com
You can view Austin’s design work at gaustinallen.com