New Director of Education at Great Plains Theatre

New Ed Director Hired

Mark Robinson

 The Great Plains Theatre announces Mark Robinson has joined the staff as Director of Education. Mark served for three-years as the Arts Education Manager at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, in Bethel, New York (the site of the historic 1969 Woodstock concert). Mark has spent the last twenty years teaching acting, directing, puppetry, playwriting, creative writing, and improvisation with youth of all ages. He has directed over 70 youth and professional theatre productions. A graduate of the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Speech/Theatre, he has taught Theatre Arts at a wide range of summer camps, arts venues, and schools, including nine-years at the Mount Michael Benedictine High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

In 2014, Mark was honored by the New York State Legislature for his work using the performing arts as a means to empower underprivileged youth of the Catskill Mountain region. A published author, Mark has written three encyclopedias: The Disney Song Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs, and The World of Musicals. Mark is very excited to join the Abilene community and eager to get started working with the youth of the Great Plains Theatre.

"With Mark's love of theatre, and his experience with youth, he will be a great asset to the theatre and Abilene," said Executive Director, Elizabeth Weese. 

Mark's first production with the youth will be Godspell which will be presented at the Abilene High School auditorium, May 8-10.  Tickets are available now. Please call the GPT at 785.263.4574 for tickets.  Godspell is produced in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County.  Great Plains Theatre's 2015 season is underwritten by Astra Bank.

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