Our Team
Mark Sitko
Artistic Director - TeacherMark Sitko has extensive experience in educational theater. From the Summer Theater Arts Repertory in Gilroy, California, to the Alphabet Arts program in Brooklyn, NYC, Mark has taught performing arts to kids across the country. He has also directed at the high school, college and graduate school levels, including undergrads at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and MFA graduate students at The New School in NYC. He received his MFA in playwriting studying under Mac Wellman at Brooklyn College while serving as the Associate Artistic Director for the Obie award winning Bushwick Starr.
Director - Teacher
ZOE FASSLER
Zoe Fassler is a comedian, writer, and educator who cut her teeth in the Chicago comedy scene. She has performed at venues all across the windy city (Second City, The Annoyance, iO, and the Lincoln Lodge). She has toured multiple sketch shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, San Francisco Sketch Fest, and Flyover Comedy Festival in St. Louis. She is a trained clown from the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Etampes, France, and she utilizes all of this experience in her approach towards arts education. She believes creativity and play is necessary to foster from a young age in order to guarantee a well rounded artistic future.