Director of Education, Denver Center Theatre Company
Dean, National Theatre Conservatory

Daniel Renner is the Dean of the National Theatre Conservatory and Director of Education for The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Daniel’s career has spanned acting, directing, producing, teaching and arts administration in regional theatres throughout the country. He co-created and developed the national Spring Hill Conference in Washington, DC for education directors in regional theatres. Daniel has worked in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and many regional theatres including: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC, and was an associate artist and director with Intiman Theatre in Seattle for ten years. He has been on numerous arts and education panels and advisory boards, was appointed by the Governor to the Washington State Commission of Student Learning, and has been a consultant for a variety of national arts organizations including Boston’s Huntington Theatre, The Children’s Theatre Company and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. He is a member of Theatre Communications Group’s (TCG) national TEAM Project and is a guest lecturer at both Stanford and the University of Denver. He was an on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts and has served and chaired its review panels for the last ten years. He is a past board member of TCG and serves as vice-president of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (TYA), and Secretary/Treasurer of the Executive Board of the American National Theatre and Academy. He is on the editorial boards of The Teaching Artist Journal and TYA Today.