Mission Statement

Dandylyon Drama’s mission is to grow more creative, compassionate, and courageous people through quality and accessible performing arts education.

History

Dandylyon Drama was founded in August of 2009 by Founding Artistic Director Melani Lyons.

Dandylyon Drama is a Registered 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our Tax ID is 46-1034745

Our Commitment to Equity and Justice

Dandylyon Drama believes in equity, justice and inclusion for all. We actively welcome and include people of all races, socioeconomic statuses, colors, national origins, religions, ages, sexes, sexual orientations, genders, gender identities, neurological and physical abilities, employment histories, citizenship statuses, and education levels.

Dandylyon Drama is committed to actively listening, learning, training our teaching artists, staff and board, and participating in movements for justice and equity, and dismantling systems of oppression.

Accessibility

We are committed to partner with our students, families, and community to overcome any barriers that would exclude anyone from access to the arts. We can’t wait to collaborate with you on ways to ensure that all of our programs provide meaningful participation.

Two barriers that we have successfully assisted families with in the past are tuition assistance and program accommodations.

Tuition Assistance

We offer “Pay What You Can” tuition on all of our programs. Students may receive tuition assistance every quarter for one program of their choice. Additional program spots may be available but are not guaranteed. Please contact us before the last day of registration to secure enrollment.

Program Accommodations

Everyone has certain accessibility requirements to succeed. Please contact us upon registration so that we can best accommodate you and your needs.

• Providing information about accessibilty of our venues
• Interpretation/translation
• Visual calendars
• Verbal/visual communication
• Large font printing
• Captions
• etc.