BIOGRAPHY OF DALE GUY MADISON Dale Guy Madison knew he was a performer since his first grade appearance in “Jimmy and the Sleep Fairies.” He received his first on screen film credit in the original 1988 John Waters movie, "Hairspray" and has appeared on NBC’s "Homicide: Life on the Streets" as well as Showtime’s "Barbershop the Series." Dale has worked in front of the camera as a model and behind the camera as a costume designer . After a nationwide search, Dale was selected as a Fashion Channel hosts for the QVC network in 1991 and worked with numerous celebrities during his 4 year run. Not content with just being a host, he created and produced the successful African Marketplace shows, as well as Destination: Africa. In the program, he sold his own line of hand-made African inspired dolls. These live 2-hour events attracted many more African American viewers to the shopping channel markets and inspired similar shows on BET and other cable programs Dale received two grants from the Maryland State Arts Council (1996 & 1997) for his one man show, FREEda Slave: Mask of a Diva, which addressed issues of cross dressing and intra-discrimination within the gay community. It debuted in Los Angeles at the Hudson Backstage Theater in 2000 and was selected as Backstage West/Dramalouge “Pick of the Week.” A spoken word poet as well as an actor, Dale hosted Soulful Salon’s Third Thursday open mic night at Jewel’s Catch One 2006-2007 and produced “WANTED: Damn Good Man,”a spoken word CD . His documentary, "DREAMBOY: My Life as a QVC Host and Other Greatest Hits" won best LGBT award at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival. He co-produced a short film based on one of his poems, “The Panty Man” which screened at the 2009 Pan-African Film festival and the 2009 Show Off Your Shorts Festival. A 2006 Zami/Audre Lorde Scholar, Dale received his BA in 2009 from Antioch University and will be teaching elementary school kids this fall. |
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