Mark Frank is enjoying his time as Theatre/Technical Director at
Coffeyville Community College where he has one of the largest community
college theatre programs in the state. He has directed and acted in
over sixty professional and community productions. Some of his
favorites have been, Grease, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Little Shop of Horrors, Agamemnon, Marvin's Room, Sylvia, Pippin, and
Charley's Aunt. During the summer Mark is the Artistic Director of
Kid's Academy and Children's Summer Theatre. He shares the Artistic
Direction of the Rubber Chicken Factory Improvisational Comedy Troupe
with his wife Bethanie. He has conducted playwriting, acting, and
improvisational comedy workshops at many theatre conventions in the
Midwest. He recently directed at the American College Theatre Festival,
The 24 Hour Plays, and The William Inge Festival. Mark was named CCC
Professor of the Year in 2000 and was also honored as the Coffeyville
Chamber of Commerce Post-Secondary Educator in the year 2000. In 2001,
Mark won the NACADA/ACT (National Academic Advising Association)
Outstanding Advisor Award. In 2002 Mark became a published playwright
having published A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank. His plays have
been produced at CCC, ICC, Pace University in New York, and at Colorado
State University. His play Bend will be presented in May of 2004 by
Theatre on Consignment theatre season in Wichita, Kansas. He is
currently working on his second volume of plays. Early 2002, he
produced a new play at CCC called No-Code and later this year he plans
to produce another new play, Greek Soup. He has a Bachelors of Arts
degree in theatre and dance from Viterbo University and a Masters of
Fine Arts degree in acting from Western Illinois University. Mark lives
in Coffeyville with his wife Bethanie and his cat JD.
