Since 2006, he has co-directed Happenstance Theater with his wife and partner, Sabrina Mandell, devising and appearing in critically acclaimed collaborative, original works of "Visual, Poetic Theater." In January, ’07, they created and performed The Seven Ages of Mime for an extended, sold-out run at the Round House Theatre in Silver Spring. In his solo performances, Piccolo’s Trunk, A Fool Named ‘O’, and The Maestro, Mark combines live music on unusual instruments and non-instruments, (like the pipe and tabor and the bowed saw), outrageous acrobatics, (like a dive through an impossibly small wooden hoop), and hyper-advanced communication skills with an honest, gentle humor that has obliterated many a skeptic’s hesitations over Mime. He now frequently teaches (American Academy of Ballet, Shakespeare Theatre, Maryland Opera Studio, University of North Carolina School of the Arts), consults on issues of mime and movement (Centre Stage, Round House Theatre, Adventure Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, No Rules Theatre, Constellation Theatre) and regularly conducts artist residencies with Elementary Schools.
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Marceau in a series of seminars in Michigan. Jaster served as teaching assistant to Mr. More recent studies in the LeCoq pedagogy of Theatrical Clown have been with Dody DiSanto, Ami Hattab, and Emanuelle Delpeche.
His skills in mime were developed in training with 20th-century masters Marcel Marceau and his teacher, Etienne Decroux, along with careful observation of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harpo Marx. Graceful performers you will ever see on a stage.” - Washington PostĪudiences of all ages and backgrounds have enjoyed his kinetic humor, playful interaction, musical wit and inventive imagination. " A clown extraordinaire and one of the most
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