Dale Guy Madison is a true "renaissance man." Throughout his varied career he has worked his way up the ladder in every aspect of the world of entertainment and business. After studying business management and marketing at Sojourner Douglass College in Baltimore Maryland, he was approached to head up the male modeling division of the John Casablanca's Baltimore franchise, eventually leading him to launch his own local dance and modeling troupe.
In 1989, Dale Madison co-founded two non profit theatre companies: Actors Against Drugs (AAD); and Umoja Sa! Sa! Storytellers. AAD received national attention when it became the first theatre company to broadcast live through the entire Social Security system as a part of a campaign to combat employee substance abuse. His second company, Umoja Sal Sa! Storytellers traveled throughout the East Coast and taught children about African culture through storytelling.
Due to his magnetic personally, Dale earned a position at the QVC network as one of the original Fashion Channel hosts in 1991. Not content with just being a host, he created and produced the successful Africa 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 more African American viewers to the shopping channel marketsand lead to the development of similar shows on BET and other cable programs.
In 1994, Dale took a brief hiatus from the world of entertainment and opened his own chain of African gift stores in Baltimore and Virginia Beach called AND = art-n-design, which showcased his hand made dolls and other handmade art pieces. Then, because of his previous community service and entertainment, Dale was tapped by the Baltimore City Health Department to create an AIDS awareness/prevention campaign directed towards the African-American community. One of the many efforts to come out of that program was a public service announcement that he wrote, cast, directed, and produced.
Not too long after that, Dale was back on stage in his award-winning and critically acclaimed one-man play FREEda Slave: Mask of a Diva. The play helped to hone Dale's talents as not only a performer, but also as a producer, as he formed a partnership with Filmsnoir Motion Pictures. His involvement with Filmsnoir greatly influenced the short films, Why You Run Away, October 16,1989, and the award-winning feature film Detention. Furthering developing his skills, Mr. Madison was involved in the development and production of a variety of projects such as The Historic East Baltimore Domestic Violence Community Project - a program that provided jobs in the entertainment field for at-risk youth which evolved into the touring company WOMBWORK.
In 1999, Dale Madison moved to Los Angeles with his play, which had a successful four-month run and was selected by Dramalouge/Backstage West as the "Pick of the Week." Dale quickly learned to use his producing and business skills and talents as head of the creative team for "ENTERTAINITY", an industry-networking event, sponsored by Sound Boy Entertainment. Moving quickly up the ladder, Mr. Madison elevated to Vice President of Sound Boy Talent Division in 2002, were he remained there until the offices shut down in the summer of 2003. Currently, Dale Guy Madison is working on developing his one-man play FREEda Slave: Mask of a Diva into a feature film.
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