MARK 'COACH' MINEART
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
MFA: Acting & Directing - Professional Theatre Training Program (P.T.T.P.), University of Delaware
BFA: Acting & Directing - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Apprenticeship - Actors Theatre of Louisville 1988-89
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Performance, Department of theatre & Dance, Otterbein University, 2015 - present
TEACHING
Introduction to Acting
Acting/Design Ensemble
Acting Shakespeare
Acting Period Styles
Acting with the Camera I & II
Stage Combat
Theatre: Performing/Reforming Society
Internship & SYE: Acting: The Business of 'The Business'
Independent Study: Text-Based Acting Technique: André Spathelf-Sanders
Participation Independent Study: Boston Gregg
SYE Mentor: Nicholas Hahn
SCHOLARSHIP | CREATIVE | PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Actor: Treasure Island (role of Long John Silver): Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (upcoming Spring 2018)
Director: The Diary of Anne Frank (pre-production)
Fight Director: Move Me (The Cocktail Party)
Actor: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (role of George)
Fight Director: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Director: Damn Yankees!
Director: Henry V: Theatre at Monmouth
Director: Is He Dead?
Fight Director: Is He Dead?
Actor: Peter & the Star Catcher (role of Black Stache)
Voice Actor: Famously Yours
Voice Over: Broadway to Hollywood
Fight Director: A Free Man of Colour
Guest Scholar: Classics in Context series: Henry V
SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
Attend all FAEC meetings: 2015 - present
At-Large Senator 2016 - present
Intellectual Property Committee: 2016
Interdepartmental Workshop (w/ Visiting Asst. ProfessorJeremey Llorence): Beyond the Monologue
Interdepartmental Outreach: Whitehall School District: Etna Road Elementary (w/ Visiting Asst. ProfessorJeremey Llorence) Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Interdepartmental Teaching: (w/ Dr. Jeff Demas) Conjoined Classrooms: Acting with the Camera, Advanced TV/Film Production
Director: The Dead Wrestler, a staged reading of a new play by Visiting Asst. ProfessorJeremey Llorence (upcoming Spring 2018)
Guest Speaker (w/ Stella Kane): Presentation on Damn Yankees!: Annual Emeriti Luncheon 2017
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE
Head of BA Area: 2016 - present
Recruiting
Selecting Guest Artists
Providing portfolio development guidance
Dealing with Student Issues
3 Credit Conversion
Student Learning Outcomes
Workshops & Common Hours:
Stage Combat
The Business of the Business (Headshots & Resumes)
The Business of the Business (Professionalism)
The Business of the Business (Auditions)
The Business of the Business (Self-taping Auditions)
The Business of the Business (Portfolio & Web Design)
Guest Instructor:
INST 2608: Theatre-Performing/Reforming Society
THR 1000: Theatre Fundamentals
THR 1810: Acting, Voice, Speech, Movement I:
Headshots & Resumes
Professionalism
Auditions
THR 4300: Acting Studio I:
Mock Auditions
Headshots & Resumes
THR 4900: Internship & SYE
Academic Advising of Students
Videography:
Videographer: Utah Shakespeare Auditions: 2015 - present
Editor: Utah Shakespeare Auditions: 2015 - present
Editor: Launch 2016
Editor: Launch 2017
On - Camera Coach: Utah Shakespeare Auditions: 2015 - present
Publicity / Event Photographer:
Is He Dead?
Top Girls
Top Girls: Women In Leadership Panel Discussion
Damn Yankees!
My Fair Lady
They're Playing Our Song
Rumors
Adding Machine
Move Me
Matthew Edwards Workshop
Robin Henry Common hour
Lily Froehlich & Hayden Clifton Common Hour
OT&D Alumni Gathering 2017
Graduation 2017
Fall Picnic 2017
The Diary of Anne Frank (upcoming)
Throughly Modern Millie (upcoming)
Production Photographer:
Is He Dead?
Festival 2017
The Launch 2016
Damn Yankees!
The Diary of Anne Frank (upcoming)
Photo & Video Archivist & Editor: 2017 - present
Edit Publicity, Production, Workshop, and Event Photos & Video
Archive (Off-Site on Physical Media and Cloud Storage) all Publicity, Production, Workshop, and Event Photos & Video Off-Site (2014 on moving forward)
Curate all Publicity, Production, Workshop, and Event Photos & Video (dates from 2014 and moving forward)
Assist in Photo Selection for Lobby Production Posters
Edit Photos & Video for Departmental needs (such as Social Media, Lobby Posters, Publicity, etc)
Interviews:
Columbus Dispatch (Peter & The Starcatcher)
Columbus Dispatch (Is He Dead?)
Columbus Dispatch (Damn Yankees!)
OTAND Quarterly Newsletter: Issue 1: Faculty Spotlight: Coach Talks Business
Miscelanious Service:
Voice Over: Season pre-show announcements: 2015 - present
Delivering Live Pre-Show Announcements
Department Performance Monitor
Assisted in Scenery Construction: Is He Dead?
SERVICE TO STUDENTS
Curate & Edit Photos & Video for performance student websites on an ongoing and individual basis
On-Camera Coach: Utah Shakespeare Auditions: 2015 - present
Provide individual mentoring in addition to Academic Advising (a sample):
Kayla Walsh: 09/04/15: Websites & Resumes
Stephen Meeker: 09/06/15: Resumes
Evan Moore-Coll: 09/06/15: Resumes
Phil Cunningham: 08/30/15, 09/10/15, 10/25/15: Career development, Academic development
Aubrey Talee: 09/09/15: Professional Development, Auditions
Jeff Gise: 10/5/15: Career development
Peter Moses: 10/19/15, 03/21/16: Career Development
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Fight Director & Teacher: I Am Hamlet (w/ Jessie Glover & Healing Broken Circles) in Marion Correctional: 2016
Fight Director: Lord of the Flies: Westerville East High School
Fight Director: Heathers: Westerville East High SchoolAdjudicator/Judge: Ohio State Thespian Conference 03/12/17
Speaker / Guide: Hayes High School Thespians attendance of Damn Yankees!
Interdepartmental Outreach: Whitehall School District: Etna Road Elementary: ReAct Program (w/ Visiting Asst. ProfessorJeremey Llorence): 2015 - 2016
Visitation Day Workshops: 2016-present:
How to Self-Tape Your Audition
How to Craft a Professional-Looking Resume
How to Choose a Headshot
How to Fight Friendly: Stage Combat
Fundraising: CATCO Gala fundraiser: 2016-2017
Production Photographer: Learning Never Ends: You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Videographer & Editor: Get Well Video for Betty Peters from the Damn Yankees! Company
Associate Professor of Practice, Head of Acting Curriculum, Theatre Unit, Department of the Arts, The American University in Cairo, 2011 - 2015
TEACHING
Acting I - Foundations
Acting II - Text and Character
Acting III - Shakespeare & the Spoken Word
Acting with the Camera
Directing I
Stage Combat
Theatre in the Making
Senior Thesis | Capstone
Advanced Rehearsal and Performance Practicum
SCHOLARSHIP | CREATIVE | PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Director: Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Director: Oleanna, 2014
Director: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 2012
Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013
Fight Director:
Oleanna, 2014
Mad Forest, 2011-2012
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2013
Tea Time, 2012
True West, 2013
Actor:
Beet El Raha, 2012
Voice Actor:
Panopticon, 2014
The Nerd, 2014
Performance Speaker: Lions of Cairo:
Troubadours & Trouveres, 2011
The Soldier’s Story, 2012
Understudy:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS
Head of Acting Curriculum: 2011 - 2015
Resident Acting Coach
Resident Fight Director
Curriculum Development: BA Theatre Minor in Performance (pending approval)
New Course Development:
Acting I - Foundations
Acting II - Text and Character
Acting III - Shakespeare & the Spoken Word
Acting with the Camera
Stage Combat
Shakespeare's England
Advisor to BA Theatre Majors and Minors
Peer reviewer:
Theatre faculty, 2013, 2014
Graphic Design adjunct faculty, 2014
Search Committee:
Professor of Graphic Design, 2014
Technical Director, 2011-2012
Grant Review Committee Chair: Stancil Campbell, 2012
Grant Review Committee Chair: Andrea Heilman, 2014
Department of the Arts: Faculty Senate Representative, 2013- 2015
Contributor in Departmental self-study: 2013
Study of Faculty contact and student involvement hours:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013
Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Mentor for Senior Capstone Projects:
Playwriting Capstone: Tea Time, 2012
Directing Capstone: House of Cards, 2012
Acting Capstone: Tokyo Vampire, 2012
Acting Capstone: A Streetcar Named Desire, 2013
Acting Capstone: Pipe for One, 2011
Production Stage Management Capstone: Midsummer, 2013
Directing Capstone: Midsummer, 2013
Directing Capstone: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 2013
Mentor for Special Projects:
Acting Independent Study: Midsummer, 2013
Theatre History Independent Study, 2013
Costume Design Portfolio Project: Tempest, 2011 - 2012
Marketing & Design Competition:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013
Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Poster Design: Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Production Photographer:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2013
Oleana, 2014
Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Assisted in Properties Construction:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2013
Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Assisted in Set Painting:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2013
Assisted in Costume Construction:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2013
Little Shop of Horrors, 2015
Director: AUC Acting Showcase, Fall 2011 - 2015
Director AUC Directing Showcase, Fall 2012
Director AUC Stage Combat Showcase, Fall 2011
Point of Contact | Advocate | Advisor:
Oleanna, 2014 (independent student production)
Shuffle, 2013 (independent student production),
Tea Time, 2012 (independent student production)
Tea Time, 2012 (independent student staged reading)
SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HUSS)
HUSS Computer Committee: 2011-2012
HUSS Academic Affairs Committee, 2012-2013
Invited Interview: HUSS Awards video, 2013
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Task Force Member: Living Together, Learning Together: Utilizing the New Cairo Campus
Video Documentary Projects in conjunction with the AUC School of Journalism and Adham Center:
Stage Combat, 2011
Directing I, 2013
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 2012
Search Committee: Library Collections Manager, 2013
Administrative Affairs Faculty Senate Subcommittee member, 2013- 2015
Invited Workshops & Lectures:
Powerful Presentations - Biology Dept., 2012
An Actor’s Life - Intensive English Program, 2012
Invited Interviews & Features:
AUC Faculty Focus, 2013
Adham Center for Journalism, 2013
The Caravan, 2013
The Independent, 2011
AUC Faculty Spotlight, 2013
Faculty Advisor: AUC Theatre & Film Club 2014
Photographer: AUC Faculty Trips, 2011-2012
Acting Workshops: Theatre & Film Club, 2011, 2012
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Point of Contact, Advocate, Advisor:
True West - Gerhart Theatre & Falaki Theatre, 2013
Maadi TNR (Trap - Neuter - Return) Initiative
Coach: Graduate School Auditions:
Adham Haddara (MFA Candidate Professional Actor Training Program, University of Houston)
Ben Conant
Hussein el Nasr
Habiba el Nasr
Mohamed Ahmed
Moneim Hafez
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
RESIDENT ARTIST | EDUCATOR | FIGHT DIRECTOR
English Theatre of Frankfurt (ETF), Frankfurt, Germany, 2009 - 2011
Founding Member/Workshop Leader: Theatre In Education Services - Developed and conducted workshops covering all plays of the ETF season as well as intensive workshops tailored to specific needs on a variety of subjects/skills.
MASTER CLASSES | WORKSHOPS | LECTURES | PRIVATE COACHING
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ, 06/2009
The Business of the Business
Hofstra University, NYC, USA, 12/2008
The Business of the Business
Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, USA, 06/2006
The Nature & Purpose of the Theatre: the Role of the Director
Anderson High School For The Arts, Cincinnati, OH, 04/2006
Stage Combat Choreography & Instruction
University Of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, 2005
Acting, Directing, Audition Techniques, Shakespeare, Movement, The Business of the Business, Suzuki
Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, 2002
Stage Combat Choreography & Instruction
Actors Theatre Of Louisville Apprentice Company, Louisville, KY, 2002-2004
Acting, Audition Techniques, Shakespeare, Stage Combat, The Business of the Business, Suzuki
American Players Theatre, Spring Green, WI 1993
Stage Combat Instruction
Utah Shakespearean Festival - Summer Shakespeare Camp, Cedar City UT, 06/1992
Shakespeare - Text Analysis and Performance
Various Private Students (formal & informal), 1995 - present
Monologue & Audition Coaching