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Mark Salyer

Award Winning Actor, Director and Producer

A native of South... Read More

Award Winning Actor, Director and Producer

A native of Southwest Virginia, Mark Salyer is an award-winning actor, director and producer. In 2004, he was featured in Sophocles' Electra in Greece as part of the International Symposium on Greek Drama in Delphi celebrating the birth of Sophocles. Salyer was Atlanta's Best Guest Actor 2003 for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and has appeared in over 30 professional productions. Directing credits include Williams' Suddenly Last Summer, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Menotti’s The Medium, Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Schwartz' Pippin and Godspell, and, at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, Big River, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Cabaret and An Evening with Stephen Schwartz starring Ben Vereen, Corbin Bleu, and the composer himself. While at the Roundabout Theatre in New York City, he worked on the general management team for the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Cabaret. Mark has taught at the University of Virginia and College of the Canyons in California. He is co-owner and the director of ARTreach, a production company developing professional and educational arts projects nationwide including the Broadway musical, Dark of the Moon.

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Industry Reviews

Mark is a fantastic producer who is committed to quality product. He is reliable, accessible, down-to-earth, and trustworthy. I've worked with him on a couple of his productions as a guest instructor/performer, and have always been pleased with the way things worked out. What he promised was always exceeded by what he delivered. I can't wait to work with him again.

Allan Trautman - Puppeteer, Teacher and Independent Performing Arts Professional

I'm extremely impressed with Mark's dedication to both art and education. He invited me to do several guest-artist classes in his summer theater program, and each time I was the one who came away inspired. Mark has stayed true to his roots, teaching at a high professional level to community college students with few other opportunities. He constantly develops new programs to further his goals. He is kind, creative, and one of the hardest-working individuals I know.

Joanna Cazden - Voice therapist and coach, singing rehabilitation specialist, vocal wellness advocate

As I write, Mark is back in the Appalachian hills working with the young people he inspires by bringing talented teachers with him for a few weeks each summer. Devoted to them as they are devoted to him, he brings the very best out of youngsters who have little or no background in the dramatic arts. Last summer I witnessed rehearsals and the final performance of a weeklong residential camp he ran for children and teenagers at an area liberal arts college. Part of his strategy was to show them that they too could navigate a campus and aspire to college. Parents, teachers, and friends marveled at the change in his students in one brief week. Year after year he returns, finding and growing talent, and showing for many a way out of poverty. A man to be reckoned with where young people are concerned.

Carole Wharton - President and CEO at L. Carole Wharton, LLC

Mark is one of the best dialect coaches I've ever seen! His ability to teach singers is spot on too! Very talented expert indeed. I must also mention that he's loyal, trustworthy and super caring.

Alexia Robinson, CEO, SmartActors

When it comes to dialects and all around singing, Mark Salyer is superb! He's also really great with musical theatre.

Stephanie Aleksanyan, V.P., SmartActors

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