The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors are made up of dedicated
Evangelical Christians who have spent their lives in the performing
arts and in various Christian endeavors. The Directors recieve
no compensation for their services and donate all their time and
materials.
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Terry Olson has a Masters Degree in Theatre Arts with a minor
in journalism from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in
Theatre Arts with a minor in visual arts from Bethel College
in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1982, he moved SAK Theatre to Orlando
to perform at EPCOT and to perform in the Tampa Hillsborough
Schools. He is one of the founders of the Orlando Theatre Project,
the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts, the Orlando International
Fringe Festival, the Creative Gift Foundation and the Central
Florida Performing Arts Alliance. Prior to initiating the
position of Orange County's
Arts & Cultural Affairs Director, he was already nurturing
and promoting area culture as the Executive Director of the Theatre
Alliance. In his role as Ambassador for the Arts, Mr. Olson keeps
a hectic schedule attending multiple cultural events each week.
He enthusiastically invites you to join him at the next arts
opening! |
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Dr. Dale Savidge was
instrumental in founding CITA
in the mid 1980s, and was elected its first President; he
held the presidency until his appointment as Executive Director
in 1994. Dale Savidge earned two Masters degrees in theatre
(and studied at Kent State University) and a PhD in English
and Theatre from the University of South Carolina. After teaching
collegiate theatre at the undergraduate and graduate levels for
fifteen years, in 1996 Dale launched Associates
and Savidge, an arts management organization for professional
Christian actors. He resides in Greenville, SC with his
wife Tammy, a registered nurse, and their three children: Timothy,
Patricia and Olivia. |
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Herbie
Hansen was born to a Minister
father. He grew up watching his father fill pulpits by
telling jokes and stories that enraptured his congregations.
He changed character voices and demonstration the actions.
His father was a minister and did not necessarily realize
he was a comedic actor. Herb became a comedic actor and
did not necessarily realize he was a minister. Herb
having dreamed (literally) in High School of performing out of
doors, on city streets, had his focus early in life. He
was one of the first people Steve Terrell called when Lamb's
Players Street Theatre was being founded. He was instrumental
in getting that group off the ground and successful. When Lamb's Players began
researching a resident stage, now located in San Diego, Herb was excited about the plan,
but it wasn't his vision. He left to attend the University
Of Minnesota where he received a BFA in Acting. There
he formulated the idea of Sak Theater
after a promoter asked him to fill the gap left by Lamb's Players.
He contacted some former Lamb's Player's street performers
and Sak Theatre was born. After a seven year span at Walt
Disney World and Walt Disney Imagineering, Sak Theatre formulated
their resident indoor stage now called Sak
Comedy Lab. Herb was excited about the plan,
but it wasn't his vision. He left to become a consultant
and employee of many Theme Parks. The Creative Manager
at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio and Atmosphere Show Producer for
Universal Studios Japan, are among the standout locations. Herb
can now be found having the time of his life at Disney's Hollywood Studios performing Otto Von
Bonn Bahn, 1940's German Film Director
and performing with his wife playing the role of a faded silent
film star named Dorma Nesmund. Both are Actor's Equity Members. |
