News | Mark Nelson

Mark directs Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Theater Row, with the graduating class of Circle in the Square Theater School. Original music by Bob Stillman. June 2-6, 2026.

Mark will appear as Polonius in HAMLET at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, directed by Michael Sexton, from May 28 to June 22, 2025.

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Mark was nominated for a 2025 Helen Hayes Award for his performance in THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Mark appeared in THE LEHMAN TRILOGY directed by Arin Arbus at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, from September 14 through October 13, 2024.

In December 2024, Mark directed Shakespeare's MACBETH for thousands of New York high school students at Circle in the Square Theater on Broadway.

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