Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
he/him/his
branner@hawaii.edu
Courses:
DNCE/THEA 152 Live on Stage
THEA 433 Movement Workshop
THEA 474:Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA)
THEA 472 Masked Performance
THEA 476 Puppetry
THEA 477 Giant Puppetry
THEA 499 Directed Work
THEA 658 Business for the Arts
THEA 678 Topics in TYA
THEA 690 Graduate Theatre Workshop
THEA 692 Practicum in Teaching
THEA 693 Internship in TYA
THEA 695 Creative Projects
THEA 699 Directed Research
THEA 779 Seminar in TYA
Born in Hollywood but raised primarily in Taiwan, Mark returned to the U.S. to attend college, whereupon he quickly dropped a scholarship from UCLA to work as a clown with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Mark eventually left the circus and now teaches courses at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in TYA (theatre for young audiences), puppetry, mask, and physical comedy. Previously Mark served as the director and producer of Theatre Arts at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. He has toured nationally with various groups, including Diavolo, and performed extensively in Asia, most notably in chuanju (Sichuan Opera), a regional Chinese theatre form. He and his family operate CiRCO Redempto, a community outreach program designed to benefit children from the Nosu Yi minority nationality of central China.