Mark Allen

Mr. Allen is a teacher, writer, director, and organizational consultant. Throughout his career he has founded several arts organizations and has worked in the theatre as an actor, director, and arts administrator. Mr. Allen began his career as Administrative Director of the Folger Shakespeare Classical Theatre in Washington, D.C. He has also worked in corporate advertising in New York, as Executive Director for regional and statewide human service organizations in the field of child abuse prevention, and served as Chief Operating Officer for a national nonprofit human service organization. Mr. Allen founded the Center for Performing and Fine Arts in 2005.