Welcome, Mark Salyer, Program Director at North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony (NoHo SAC) in North Hollywood, CA!
Mark is an award-winning actor, director, and producer. He was featured in Sophocles’ Electra in Greece as part of the International Symposium on Greek Drama in Delphi celebrating the birth of Sophocles. He was named Atlanta’s Best Actor 2003 for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. 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, Big River, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Cabaret, As You Like It, Cyrano de Bergerac, and An Evening with Stephen Schwartz featuring Ben Vereen and the composer himself. Producing credits include The World Goes ‘Round, directed by Kay Cole; Go Busk Yourself, a documentary about street performing in America; Where I’m From, a travelogue for young people; and Ladies Most Deject, a short film that he co-wrote. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mark has taught at the University of Virginia‘s College at Wise, at College of the Canyons in California, and for Stagebridge, Smart Actors, and Appalachian Children’s Theatre, a program serving young people in the Central Appalachia region where he grew up. He has curated and produced several master class series in Los Angeles featuring top teaching artists from film, television, and theatre. Since 2012, he has been the director and lead teacher for NewStages, a performing arts program for LGBTQ seniors at the LGBT Center in Los Angeles.
