{"id":3971,"date":"2025-11-18T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/?page_id=3971"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:40:23","slug":"mark-amenta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/teaching-artists\/mark-amenta\/","title":{"rendered":"MARK AMENTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MA.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;MA&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>MARK AMENTA<\/h1>\n<p><em>he\/him<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acting, Direction, Improv<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark has worked on the stage and in the classroom since in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Grand Rapids. For Face to Face Productions, Mark wrote and directed a dozen curriculum-based children\u2019s musicals that toured the Chicago and Grand Rapids areas for over thirty years. Mark has also conducted workshops in creative dramatics, acting, and improvisation for all ages, as well as theatre classes at GRCC, GVSU, and Hope College. As an actor, Mark has appeared in a wide variety of roles at Actors\u2019 Theatre as well as various theatres in Chicago, including Victory Gardens and CitiLit. 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