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WHO’S WHO

(Video Designer); Gravity Players: The Last MARK FOLKES (Managing Director) Mark
Days of Judas Iscariot (Video Designer); Folkes joined Stages as Managing Director
Mildred’s Umbrella: (Director) Pretty Little in 2015 during an important time of growth
White Girls (short), The Bake Sale (short); for the company. In the role of Managing
Misnomers: (Director) Glen or Glenda Director, Mark leads Stages’ administrative
(reading); Rice Players: (Director) The functions with a focus on financial
Glass Menagerie. Film / TV: (Director) “Trial management, fundraising, marketing and
Three Seven”, “BLUE” (2018),”eumenides” strategic planning. In recent years, Stages’
(Cannes Film Festival, 2013); Education: annual operating budget has more than
B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, doubled from $2.1 million to $5.5 million
Theatre – Acting\Directing. today, driven by transformational growth
Instagram: @currentlymouserat in ticket sales and philanthropic support.
In January 2020, Stages celebrated the
ASHLEY GINN (Production Stage Manager) opening of a three-theatre new venue,
Stages: A Woman of the World, Little Shop The Gordy, funded by a capital campaign
of Horrors, Who’s Holiday!, Always…Patsy that has raised more than $35.8 million
Cline, Ann, Shear Madness, The Book of including one of the largest individual gifts
Maggie; HGOco: Das Barbecü, What Wings to support the performing arts in Houston’s
They Were: the Case of Emeline. history. Prior to joining Stages, Mark served
as Senior Director, Development for the
Houston Symphony, and has worked for
a variety of arts organizations including
Canada’s National Arts Centre, the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the College-
Conservatory of Music at the University
of Cincinnati, and Houston Grand
Opera. Mark is a Certified Fund Raising
Executive and holds Master of Arts (Arts
Administration) and Master of Business
Administration degrees from the University
of Cincinnati. He studied theatre as an
undergraduate at the University of Waterloo
and the Canadian College of Performing
Arts. In 2018, Mark was recognized as
a Houston Business Journal 40 Under
40 Honoree.