Mark Blackman

Founding Co-Director

I am the founding co-director, along with my identical twin brother Gary, of ArtsPower National Touring Theatre. Since 1985, we have created and toured 34 original, professional musicals and dramas, most of which are based on books for elementary and middle school readers, to more than 1,500 theatres, cultural centers, university auditoriums and schools in 1,180 cities throughout 49 states and Canada. We have amassed an audience of more than 14.5 million people over the past 37 years.

ArtsPower hires professional actors and stage managers, most of whom are recent graduates of university musical theatre and drama programs, who come to New York City to begin their careers. We have provided full Equity status to more than 1,200 actors and stage managers.

With the onset of the pandemic, we created ArtsPower Theatre On Demand which allows our clients online access to recorded ArtsPower performances at artspowerondemand.teachable.com.

I would enjoy the opportunity to talk with you about ArtsPower's outstanding work, how current theatre education majors can take advantage of ArtsPower's offerings, and how we can partner with present K-12 theatre teachers to bring the opportunities our professional theatre company provides into their classrooms.

Thank you for your consideration.

All the best,

Mark Blackman
Founding Co-Director
ArtsPower National Touring Theatre
www.artspower.org
artspowerondemand.teachable.com
973 239-0100 (ext. 16)