Mark Storen
Mark Storen-Performer, writer, director, musician and educator.
A founding Member of Whiskey & Boots he most recently worked on their shows, Mama Stitch, touring extensively throughout WA including Midland for Perth Festival in 2021, Bystander- Kalgoorlie, Harvey, Bunbury, Margaret River and Beverley. Other works include The Loneliest Number, THE ONE by Jeffrey Jay Fowler (winner of three Fringe World Awards), and Benjamin & Me (nominated best performance Blue Room Awards)
Prior to this, Mark has travelled his work internationally and nationally, his most popular original works include; The Polite Gentleman, (nominated for five Blue Room Awards, winner best production team) A Drunken Cabaret and Cut to The Quick. He performed his solo work A Drunken Cabaret at The Melbourne, Adelaide and New York Fringe Festivals as well as presenting Killing Nellie a co creation with Oda Aunan at The 100 degrees festival in Berlin in 2011,The Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2011 and at the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
Directing credits include, Ruben Guthrie for Curtin University, Teeth 2 Tail for Curtin University, The Man and The Moon, Variegated Productions, The Dirty Cowboy (Assistant Director) Steamworks and Tim Solly and Glengarry Glen Ross for Little y Theatre Company.
Storen was the creative director of Propel Youth Arts WA from 2015-2017 and Acting Artistic Director of Southern Edge Arts Albany 2012-2013. He has worked with Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company, a standout being White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour in 2014 (PTC) and Bindjareb, Pinjarra at The Sydney Opera House Studio in 2015.
Mark was part of the in the chair program a director’s lab initiated by Perth Theatre Company and His Majesties Theatre in 2009. He recently completed his Graduate Diploma in Education Secondary (Drama) and works as a Teaching Artist in primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.