Mark H Suggs Theater Résumé

Page Senior High School, Greensboro, North Carolina

Member of several award-winning casts in high school, including: Molière’s Sganarelle and The Flying Doctor; and Plautus’s The Braggart Soldier; as well as Hotel Paradiso (Feydeau and DeSvalliéres, trans. Mortimer).

Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

As a student of Watauga College, initiated a class on Shakespeare taught by Dr. Kay Smith, in which scenes from several plays were enacted. Scenes from Romeo and Juliet were subsequently filmed by the Communications Department.

Department of Theatre & Dance

As a student in Acting I, participated in scenes for that class and for Directing Class projects, Fall 1992, Spring 1993.
Performed the lead role of Moon in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, Spring 1993 Main Stage Production.
Performed the lead role of Narrator in a stage adaptation of Ferrol Sams’s The Whisper of the River, Fall 1993 Main Stage Production.
Performed the role of Robin Starveling (understudy for Quince) in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, Spring 1994 Main Stage Production.
Performed the role of Polonius in Lee Blessing's Fortinbras, Fall 1994 Main Stage ­Production.

Boone, North Carolina

At my local church, participated in many skits and dramas as actor, writer, and/or director.
Performed the role of Abraham in Mountaintop, April 2004.
Directed musical A Christmas Tale, December 2004.
Codirected and cowrote Christmas Close to Home, December 2005.
Wrote and performed the monolog Joseph: A Father’s Love, Christmas Eve 2007. Two performances in Boone, December 2008.
Wrote and directed children’s play Santa, Are You For Real? based on the book by Harold Myra, December 2008.
Produced and performed a 90-minute one-man play on the life of the Apostle John, St. John in Exile (originally performed by Dean Jones), April 1993.

Blowing Rock Stage Company, Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Speaking role (The Surly Man) in the 1991 production of Lettice & Lovage, Mark Wilson, director.
Performed the role of Stanley in the 1995 production of The 1940’s Radio Hour, Terry Loughlin, director.
Performed the role of Father in the 1998 first Christmas production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Robert Warren, director. (My 10‑year-old daughter, Abigail, performed the lead role of Beth.)
Performed the role of Colonel Starling in the 2001 production of Camping With Henry and Tom, Ken Kay, director.
Performed in ensemble and speaking role (Lawyer) in the 2002 Christmas production of Tiny Tim: A Christmas Carol Revisited, Ken Kay, director.
Performed the role of Tom in the 2004 Christmas production Appalachian Christmas Homecoming, Ken Kay, director.
Performed the role of Rev. Oglethorpe in the 2005 Christmas production A Sanders Family Christmas, Ken Kay, director.
Performed (ensemble, including Rev. Smith, soloist on “Bless ’Em”) in the 2007 world premiére of Moses Cone: The Denim King, Ken Kay, director.
Performed in the 2008 (inaugral) and 2009 Cabin Fever Cabaret (winter season one-acts).
Performed (ensemble) in the 2009 production Bye, Bye, Birdie, Michael Wainstein, director.