Mrs. Denise M. Larsen |
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Mrs. Larsen has been a Texas Theatre Educator for twenty years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Theatre at Texas State University & worked as a costume designer for three years prior to obtaining her Secondary Teaching Certificate.
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Mrs. Larsen began her teaching career in San Antonio
& worked in the SAISD at Burbank High School & NEISD at Theodore Roosevelt High School for eleven years where she established technical theatre programs. |
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In 2009, Mrs. Larsen and her family relocated to Temple, Texas where she was employed by the TISD & instructed theatre at Lamar Middle School for four years prior to serving as the theatre director at Little River-Academy ISD where she instructed theatre at both the middle and high school campuses.
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During her employment at AHS, her students qualified for Conference 3-A State UIL OAP three times, won the UIL OAP State Championship in 2018, earned First Place 3-A Conference Theatre Team State Championship in 2017 & 2018 and State Qualifiers for UIL Theatre Design in 2019 and 2020.
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In addition to teaching, directing, designing , playwriting, & constructing costumes, Mrs. Larsen enjoys gardening, cooking, film history and spending time with her family.
