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About the Director

Learn More about Mr. Dement

Potosi High School Theatre/Speech Instructor

Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Performing Arts-MA in Directing

College of the Ozarks-BA, Secondary Education with an emphasis in Theatre/Speech

Email: donald.dement@potosir3.org

A Potosi, Missouri native, Donald "Lukus" Dement is thrilled to be back at his Alma Mater teaching the very subject that changed his life at Potosi years ago. Lukus Dement joined the St. Clair High School faculty after receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre/Speech Secondary Education from College of the Ozarks. He taught at St. Clair for 6 years. He has his MA in Directing through Roosevelt University's Fast-Track Program. During his time at College of the Ozarks, Lukus worked off his tuition in the Jones Theatre Company. This work station allowed him to both perform, crew and direct a variety of theatrical productions. Lukus completed his student teaching at Ozark High School (Ozark, Missouri) and co-directed Disney's Beauty and the Beast under the supervision of Ms. Laurie Hanlen. He currently stays involved theatrically by performing in shows at the local community colleges such as Mineral Area Fine Art's Academy's production of The Wizard of Oz & Harvey and East Central College's production of Little Shop of Horrors & Puffs. Lukus is a proud alumni of Potosi High School, and he is thrilled to be back inspiring students to fall in love with theatre, just like he did. He has high expectations for the future of the PHS Theatre Troupe & Speech Team.

Production Credits

Directing Credits:
- PHS Full-Length Productions
  - Footloose: Youth Edition
  - The Play that Goes Wrong HS Edition
  - All Shook Up Young@Part
  - Annie
  - The World According to Snoopy
  - Peter and the Starcatcher
  - HONK! The Ugly Duckling Musical
- PHS Readers Theatre
  - I Don't Want to Talk About It
  - A Little Princess
- PHS One-Act Productions
  - Fire Exit-Top 8 in State
  - Pride & Prejudice
  - One Stoplight Town
- Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy Camp
  - The Vampire Valedictorian
  - Shakespeare with a Twist (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- STC Full-Length Productions:
  - All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
  - Play On!
  - A Play About a Dragon
  - Wiley and the Hairy Man
  - Bull in a China Shop
  - Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventure's of Robin Hood
  - Lizzy, Darcy & Jane
  - FOOLS
  - Christmas Belles
  - Anatomy of Gray
  - Blithe Spirit
- Community Productions:
  - Pippin (The Riverside Players)
  - East Central College Youth & Teen Theatre Troupe Camp
    - 2021
    - 2019
    - 2018
- STC Readers Theatre:
  - Spark
  - ALICE
  - Tuna Fish Eulogy
- STC One-Act Plays:
  - The Complete History of Theater (Abridged)
  - The Importance of Being Earnest-in 30 Minutes
  - Fog on the Mountain
  - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Performer:
- Vocal Vignettes
  - Babblin' About Broadway: Decades (Cabaret Performer)
  - Babblin' About Broadway (Cabaret Performer)
- Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy:
  - Harvey (Dr. Chumley)
  - Wizard of Oz (Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz)
- East Central College:
  - PUFFS (Mr. Voldy, A Certain Potions Teacher, Professor Turban)
  - Classic Mystery Game (Mr. Boddy)
  - Almost, Maine (Phil)
  - Theatre in the Glen: Hidden in This Picture (Craig)
  - James and the Giant Peach the Musical (Grasshopper)
  - Doublewide, Texas (Lomax Tanner)
  - Forgottonia (Townsperson)
  - Little Shop of Horrors (Mr. Mushnik)
- Mineral Area College:
  - Snoopy the Musical! (Charlie Brown)
- College of the Ozarks:
  - Arsenic and Old Lace (Reverend Dr. Harper)
  - Big Fish: A New Broadway Musical (Amos Calloway/Ensemble)
  - Railway to Heaven (Aldo)
  - Four Star Country Boy (Various Roles)
  - It Runs in the Family (Police Sergeant Connolly)
  - Almost Maine (Jimmy)
  - Anything Goes (Rev. Henry T. Dobson)
  - You Can't Take it With You (Mr. DePinna)
  - Into the Woods (Cinderella's Father)
  - Lizzy, Darcy, and Jane (Harris Bigwithers)
  - Little Women the Musical (Ensemble)
- The Riverside Players:
  - Assassins (John Hinckley)
- Tri-Lakes Community Theatre:
  - Once Upon a Mattress (Minstrel)
- Potosi High School:
  - Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth)
  - Assorted One-Acts (Big Bad Wolf, Dickory)
  - Three Doors to Death (Gordon Forrest)

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