Mark Up the Globe
Mark Diaz,
Theatre Provocateur
Director, Actor, Dancer, Philosopher, Geographer, Foodie, Junior Yogi, Arts Curator, jazz lover, quiche baker, Brother, Writer, Leader, Traveler-- Mark is seeking community with artists cultivating an intercultural theatrical laboratory and working in all aspects of mindful Theatre creation for the 21st century.
Mark Diaz is an International Theatre Creator fascinated by the idea of a Total Theatre, a theatre encompassing the totality of Human Expression (voice, movement, acting skill), reflecting the totality of the community, and uplifting the well being of all people involved.
As the Watson Fellow of Total Theatre, Mark Diaz has Studied with Katie Mitchell, Eugenio Barba, Anne Bogart & SITI Co., Matthew Lloyd, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Globe, Grotowski Institute, The Actors Studio (Auditor), Kongo Noh School, Terpsichore Butoh Center, and Performed with ISTA/Odin Teatret, Theatre Olympics (Hungarian Natl. Theatre), Fujima Kansuma Kai & Leonard Pronko (Kabuki), Tom Leabhart (Corporeal Mime), Dorset Opera Festival, and Sunari Wakya Studio Bali (Gambuh)​. Inspired by his teachers and interactions across the world, Mark is emboldened to develop a globally informed, fully embodied, and totally accessible theatre for every audience.
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Currently he is working on new directing projects adapting canonical works to present circumstances and seeking collaborative projects on classical and new writing rooted in my community of East London.
He is available for directing, performing, and advising projects anywhere in London, New York City, Los Angeles or Globally!
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Mark Diaz on Directing:
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I am dedicated to building community-centered, globally informed theatre rooted in the totality of human expression. My work moves between disciplines, cultures, and traditions, fueled by the belief that theatre must reflect and uplift everyone in the room — onstage, backstage, and in the audience.
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My calling is to direct theatre that serves the present moment — theatre that says something. I seek to stage stories with purpose, ignite conversations, and create a space of belonging, joy, and reflection. Whether staging classical works or devising new multidisciplinary pieces, I am committed to an artist-centered process that honors the body, spirit, and voice of all.
I believe theatre is born from love — the effort we give, the stories we tell, and the people we invite in. Diverse, inclusive, experimental, exploratory, engaging;
This is the heart of Total Theatre.
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Core Beliefs: Directing is knowing how to communicate with people appropriately
Meet people where they are
We cannot control anyone other than ourselves
You are as much.a part of another's experience, as they are of yours
Be Bold, Live Generously
Total Theatre is Human-Centered Performance
Directing Scene Work
Excerpts from Columbia University, Graduate Directing
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More Directing at Columbia University
Like a Good Neighbor. Riverside Theatre, Columbia
A State Farm Insurance goes awry when the immigrant salesman realizes the snake oil is not worth the price of freedom. What is freedom, and why are we paying to belong in a place which does not meet us where we are? Chaos ensues off script
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Agamemnon. Riverside Theatre, Columbia University
The Watchman, a world in a tower. Site-specific, the watchman, after 10 years waiting and watching for the beacon light of Agamemnon, makes their own light. The trauma of patience, pressure, and hallucination.
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Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield
Riverside Theatre, Columbia University
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A non-linear flash through the tumultuous, loving, vengeful relationship of two star crossed lovers. Meditations on touch and distance in relationships. Quick paced, and hot tempered -- balancing fleeting moments, with lasting tensions.
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World Theatre Directing
Kabuki Theatre in English, California & EdFringe
Kabuki Tachimawari Fight excerpt from Gohiiki Kanjincho
Kabuki Directing Scene from Narukami Thunder God
Mark has directed Kabuki in translation as a representative of the Embassy of Japan in the Uk for EdFringe 2019. He has guest lectured at universities in Japan and the USA on Kabuki and approaching intercultural theatre, acting as co-organizer of the Japan Innovation conference at Pomona College.
Balinese Gambuh Dance, Indonesia
Bye Bye Bali, version 1 at
Watson Conference, Bowdoin College
Tari Bule Bali - Bali Fusion Dance
Artropeace in Ubud, Bali 2025
Global Theatre Engagements
Acting Monologues
Theatrical Monologues Classical and Contemporary
Realism film monologue