Mark Jensen is an award-winning playwright, lyricist, and author. His plays and musicals include Runestone! A Rock Musical (History Theatre) Young Lindy, History Detectives: Landmark Center, Tom Sawyer (Steppingstone Theatre for Youth Development), Atomic Summer (Theatre in the Square), The Benevolent Women’s Craft Society (Rochester Repertory Theatre), Weldings (Prairie Wind Players), and Hoffman: Journey Through Time (Lake Region Arts Council). Mark co-wrote a drama for Deaf and hearing youth, The Finger Dance: A Deaf Girl’s Journey Through Music. The National Theatre for the Deaf recognized this piece as an “Outstanding Play for Young People”. He is an Affiliated Artist and a Core Alumnus of the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. He received his BA in Theatre Arts/English Writing from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and his MFA in playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Flint Keller is a theatre artist, educator, and writer with more than two decades of experience working in professional theatre, film, and education. He has taught language arts and theatre to students in grades two through eight in Minnesota and Florida, founded and directed a middle school theatre program, and continues to integrate performance, writing, and storytelling into his teaching practice. Flint holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University and a Master of Education from the University of Minnesota. His writing has been published by Walker Books (UK), produced by SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development, and featured in Minnesota Parent Magazine.
As a performer, Flint has appeared in numerous stage productions with companies including Lake Worth Playhouse, Actors’ Rep (Palm Beach), Santa Barbara Repertory, Ensemble Theatre Project, and Theatre in the Round. His film work includes lead and starring roles in independent features produced in Los Angeles, as well as extensive commercial and industrial film work. A longtime improviser and former member of the Zero Gravity Improv troupe, Flint brings versatility, humor, and strong ensemble skills to his performances. He is fluent in American Sign Language and is especially passionate about creating accessible, engaging theatre for young people and families.
