Mark Amitin:  

Life MARK HALL AMITIN – bio He was general manager for the Radical Theatre Repertory (1968-69), was the founding director of Universal Movement Theatre (1970-1977), representing dozens of experimental theatre companies internationally including The Living Theatre, Open Theatre El Teatro Campesino, Bread and Puppet, Performance Group, Manhattan Project, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Squat Theatre, Mabou Mines, Pilobolus, Le Plan K, Laboratoire Vicinal, Studio II, People Show and others. He produced the international tour of Albee Directs Albee, working with the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright for more than two years. Amitin created the first US festival of experimental theatre for the state of Rhode Island in 1971, Theatre USA in Laval, Canada, was coordinator of the Latin American Fair of Opinion, was co-ordinateur des Troupes and selected companies from the US, Canada, England, & Holland for the Festival Mondial du Theatre in France, served as consultant for the TNT Festival in Baltimore. Amitin recently served as jury president for the 2005 Cairo Festival of Experimental Theatre and will return as a member of their selection committee for 2006. As founding director of World of Culture for Performing Arts (1983- ) he represented actors and directors for major films, television and theatre (Broadway, regional) and produced events at dozens of major theatres from the Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, PS122, LaMaMa, Vineyard, Second Stage to the National theatres of the Philippines, Korea, & Hong Kong. Since 1971 he has presented lectures and workshops at over 200 colleges, universities, conferences and festivals including: Moscow Art Theatre School, Shanghai an...Expand for more