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April-Dawn Gladu

Creative Writer at PGAV Destinations

April-Dawn Gladu is an accomplished creative writer with extensive experience in the entertainment and theme park industries. Currently serving as a Creative Writer at PGAV Destinations since August 2018, April-Dawn collaborates on content for museums and theme park attractions while directing media that fosters curiosity and empathy. Formerly an Independent Writer for Theme Park Development from 2014 to 2018, April-Dawn contributed to various global projects, developing dark rides, themed experiences, and entire parks. Additionally, April-Dawn has held educational roles at the Actor's Training Center and Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, teaching aspiring playwrights and performers. Prior experience as a Show Director at Walt Disney World involved creating successful interactive shows, including the well-known Cinderella's Princess Court. April-Dawn's career began at Women's Project & Productions, where foundational marketing skills were developed under esteemed theater directors. April-Dawn holds a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Music from Avila University.

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St. Louis, United States

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PGAV Destinations

PGAV Destinations creates business-results-oriented master plans, pilots in-depth industry research, and designs beautiful, innovative products for destinations around the world. Now in our fifth decade of practice, our thousands of projects in more than 30 states and five continents can be found thrilling, educating, and moving guests in zoos, museums, aquariums, theme parks, resorts, and deeply valuable historic sites. We believe in the power of leisure and travel experiences to enrich lives, enhance communities, and celebrate culture, nature, and heritage. That’s why our staff of more than 100 full-time artists¸ architects, storytellers, business strategists, designers, interpreters, planners, and more work in seamless integration to empower these destinations to realize their full potential. No other firm in the world integrates such a powerfully diverse team, insightful primary and secondary research, over five decades of international experience, start-to-finish strategic master plans and associated destination design, and deeply-impactful storytelling to open more completed projects in more locations for a greater variety of destinations. From the smallest non-for-profit to the world’s largest aquarium – we are there to enable clients to envision and achieve their goals. We’re recognized for thinking deeply, planning carefully, and acting boldly on behalf of our lifelong clients, whom are growing by the minute. View here: http://tinyurl.com/cujbj82.


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