Welcome Mark Sullivan, Our New Artistic Director



Mark Sullivan is pleased to be returning to the fold of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival as the Artistic Director.

For the past 19 seasons (out of the last 20), Mark has been involved in some aspect at the faire. He has held the position of Staff Director, Director of Improv/Interaction, Co-Artistic Director, Group Sales Manager and Executive Producer. He has performed at the Faire, Poe and Dickens. He created the MuckMasters who were the mudbeggars for 14 seasons. He has trained and directed over 500 actors here and written well over 30 shows for production.

Prior to joining Mt. Hope, Mark was a regional actor performing professionally in over 40 different shows. He was also a proud member of SAK Theatre, a groundbreaking street theater company that performed at Renaissance Festivals all over the country. Additionally Mark performed with SAK at EPCOT Center for years in both the Italian and United Kingdom pavilions.

Mark has developed and directed shows for Busch Gardens Tampa, The Disney Organization, The Florida Symphony Orchestra just to name a few.

He also formed and performed with several improv comedy troupes such as the famous Mudpuppies and Comedy Olympics.