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Mark is a 1987 graduate of Paris Jr. College and a 1989 BFA recipient from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Prior to arriving at Missouri State University, Mark served the Palestine, Texas Independent School Districts for eight years as Theatre Director and Chairman of the Fine Arts Department. While in Palestine he directed over thirty productions; eight earning regional honors and two receiving state recognition (Wings and Into the Woods). Other directoral credits include, The Rimers of Eldritch, Johnny Belinda, and The Diviners. Mark joined the Missouri State University campus community in August 1997 as Assistant to the Marketing Director for the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts and moved to the Department of Theatre and Dance as Marketing Director in 1999. In 2003 he was promoted to managing director of Tent Theatre. He is an alumni of the Commercial Theatre Institute of New York.

Currently, Mark serves as the University representative and negotiator to Actors' Equity. In 2008 he served on a team that formally transitioned the Tent Theatre operation into a professional theatre company. Over the past several years his work as marketing director and creative consultant has been recognized in the local ADDY® Awards, the worlds largest advertising competition. He has developed and instituted an annual fundraising/sponsorship program that has provided funding to the departments productions and student scholarships.



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