Darren Dyck

Darren Dyck, Director, has been teaching with the Calgary Board of Education for twenty-seven years and is currently the principal at Nellie McClung School. His academic background includes a bachelor of education degree with a drama major and a master of arts degree in drama education. He has been involved in drama and theatre for the past 35 years and believes that students’ growth and development is achieved best when children are actively engaged in aesthetic fine arts experiences. His credits as a director of theatre for young people include over 30 different shows and most recently include Sand, You Suck, Secrets of the Forest, We Believe, Up the Down Staircase, Yearbook Reflections, Scarlett Letter and West Side Story. Darren is also a playwright, and CASSA has debuted two of his plays, Secret of the Forest and You Suck!!! A Vampire’s Tale of Conformity.