Dan Spiropoulos has always had a fascination with history and combat since a young age. Though it wasn’t until high school that Dan got introduced to the world of Theatre. Upon entering college Dan decided to audition for Romeo and Juliet just for fun, but after meeting a Fight Director named Jake Guinn, Dan got hooked. Since then Dan has never looked back. They graduated with a BFA in Theatre from Southern Arkansas University in 2018 with an emphasis on Lighting Design and Technical Direction. Dan would later spend a year at Louisiana Tech University’s Graduate School continuing to learn about Stage Combat and Fight Direction. In the Fall of 2019, Dan would find employment as a high school tech theatre teacher in Dallas, Texas. While in Dallas, Dan got to work with many different theatre artists and teachers in the city, but was ultimately given the advice, “If you’re going to go back to Grad school, do something you do not know to much about.” With this advice Dan settled on Directing, and was accepted to the University of South Dakota and graduated with an MFA in Directing during the Spring of 2025.

Dan Spiropoulos is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and through this organization, Dan has been able to continually pursue Stage Combat and Fight Direction. It is also due to the support from people within the SAFD that Dan has started their own business: Ronin Theatricals, LLC.

Dan’s credits include:

Directing - The 39 Steps, Ada and the Engine, The 146 Point Flame, and She Kills Monsters: YA Edition

Fight Directing - The Lightning Thief, Hamlet, Musical of Musicals: The Musical, and Medea

Acting - Glory in the Flower as Salesman, Our Town as Doc Gibbs, Love Letters as Andy Ladd, and The Crucible as Giles Corey