About me
Brad Dell (he/him/his) is the National Chair of KCACTF and past Chair of KCACTF Region 5. As Chair of the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University Brad teaches classes in directing and performing arts. He is the recipient of the 2024 College Award for Outstanding Department Leadership, the 2020 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Arts Educator of the Decade Award, the 2019 Kennedy Center Gold Medallion, the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award from the ISU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the 2017 Faculty and Staff Inspiration Award from the ISU Alumni Association, the 2017 Catch Des Moines Champion Award from the Des Moines Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and the 2012 “Local Treasure” award from the Ames, IA Community Arts Council. Brad is also the former Artistic Director of Apple Hill Playhouse in Delmont, PA, Repertory Theater of Iowa, and Iowa Stage Theater Company. Brad holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from Western Illinois University.
