Dan Carter:  

I knocked around as an actor for about twelve years before going to grad school. Did a lot of acting and stage managed on Broadway. Acted in a few films. Took a one-year job at Florida State, and it turned into a career in university administration. I served 22 years as Director of the Penn State School of Theatre, 31 in higher ed. I serve on several national organizations. Ten years with the Commission on Accreditation for the National Association of Schools of Theatre (three as chair), prior to becoming President. Also President of the National Theatre Conference. Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and served as Dean. Named to Rock Valley College Hall of Fame.and ISU Alumni Achievement Award recipient., Mostly writing now in so-called retirement, hoping like everyone else to get produced. My "Coleridge Interrupted" was produced via Zoom. Currently pitching a TV pilot "A Stand Up Guy" and directed Auditioning For Eternity (which I also co-wrote) iOff-Off Broadway. Still playing baseball. Batted second for the 1992 over-40 national champion Tallahassee Classics. Play most Novembers at the Roy Hobbs World Series in Fort Myers, with an over-28 team locally, and for a traveling team for occasional 60+ tournaments. As we say in senior baseball: "You don't quit playing because you get old; you get old because you quit playing." (shout ...Expand for more