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  • A sign that reads "Regan Linton - Artistic Director" in English and Japanese.

    Artistic Leadership

    Official leadership positions include five years as Artistic Director at Denver’s disability-affirmative Phamaly Theatre Company, and two years as Educational Outreach Coordinator and Administrative Director.

    I have enjoyed over two decades of mentoring developing artists, and sharing artistic knowledge in such venues as:

    Kennedy Center LEAD Conference

    National Performing Arts Convention

    US Dept of State FLEX/YES Civic Education Week

    TEDx DU

    US Institute of Technical Theatre (USITT)

    Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)

    A.R.T./New York/MAC Consortium

    UC San Diego Triton Leaders Conference

    Tilt West

    Big-i Communication Center for Disability (Japan)

  • Regan speaks on a microphone with her laptop on her lap, sitting in front of a projection screen that reads, "What are you trying to achieve?" Photo by John Moore.

    Consulting/Advising

    Areas of expertise include creative leadership, disability aesthetics, organizational accessibility, disability inclusion, and nonprofit leadership/board process. Past partners include:

    National Arts Strategies

    Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Off-Center Theater of the Mind

    Theatre Communications Group

    Opera Praktikos (NY)

    Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (Denver)

    Denver Public Schools

    Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company

    Guest presentations include: Grantmakers in the Arts, St. Paul Airport Partners, University of Colorado School of Theatre, Educational Theatre Association, California Presenters Association, World Denver, Immersive Denver, Jeffco Public Schools

  • Regan teaches a workshop on the business of acting to a group of Japanese artists in Osaka, Japan. A Japanese translator sits nearby, and a projection screen is behind.

    Teaching

    I have enjoyed sharing knowledge at every level of education, from elementary to graduate school programs, adjunct professorships to guest lecturing. Past teaching includes:

    UC San Diego

    Denver Center for the Performing Arts

    Oregon Shakespeare Festival

    Randolph-Macon College

    La Jolla Playhouse

    Phamaly Theatre Company

    Guest lecturing includes: Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, Depaul University, CU Denver, University of Colorado (Boulder), Montana State University, Road Scholars

  • Regan speaks to a group of attendees at a Phamaly fundraiser. Photo by John Moore.

    Advocacy/Community

    Community engagement positions have included board positions, grant panels, juries, and other volunteer work including:

    Craig Hospital Board of Directors

    National Endowment for the Arts

    AmeriCorps

    3Arts Chicago

    Denver ACTS Fund

    Meow Wolf - Denver Community Advisory

    Art of Access Denver

    IDEA Stages

    Phamaly Board of Directors

    Amigos de las Americas

    Colorado Refugee ESL Program