Member, Commission on Accreditation
Elected March 2025, term ends March 2028
Mark Castle s a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, teaching in the areas of acting, directing, and design, and is the advisor for the Musical Theatre program. Originally from England, he worked professionally as a designer and stage manager at several theatres in England before coming to the States.
In the Birmingham area, Professor Castle has performed with Birmingham Festival Theatre, Muse of Fire, and Theatre Downtown. He was the voice of Charles Wesley in the documentary film “A Heart Set Free,” and his short play The Night the Widget Broke was published by iUniverse and performed at the Short and Sweet Festival in Sydney, Australia. He is also the director of the Praxis Project, a collaborative faculty/alumni theatre company. Professor Castle has also worked as an actor, stage manager, director, and designer at Greenbrier Valley Theatre in West Virginia.
Professor Castle earned his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre (Directing) from the University of Memphis in Tennessee. He received a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Drama from the University of Leeds, focusing on Scenography. During this time, he spent a semester at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he met his wife, Starla. Professor Castle attended drama school at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester, England.
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Updated April 2025