MARK McKENNA
Mark joined Touchstone Ensemble in 1986 and became Artistic Director in 1994. He has worked on over 40 Touchstone productions/collaborations. Mark is a graduate of the Lecoq International School of Theatre in Paris, majored in theatre at the University of New Hampshire, and trained with Herbert Bergof in New York and Carla Belver in Philadelphia. For Touchstone, he has taught theatre classes at Lehigh University and the University of Pennsylvania, and the MFA Theatre Program at Towson University as well at pre-school – 12th grade classrooms throughout the region. He is active in the growth of the Network of Ensemble Theatres. He is a board member of Alliance for Building Communities (a regional community development corporation), and a member of Bethlehem’s Southside Task Force. Mark has served as a theatre panelist and site evaluator for the NJ State Arts Council, The PEW Charitable Trust’s Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, and as a theatre panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts.