Mark Torres
Dallas Theatre Critics Forum Award for Six Women with Brain Death...or Expiring Minds Want to Know
New England Theatre Conference Artistic Excellence Award
Eagle Award from Bangor Area Regional Chamber of Commerce
Member, Maine Arts Commission - Appointed by Governor Angus King - Member, Executive Committee
Member, City of Bangor Commission on Cultural Development
Board Member, Shakespeare Theatre Association of America
Panelist, Texas Playwrights Festival, Stages Theatre Company, Houston, Texas, 1989
Board Member, Dallas Coalition for the Arts
Member, Mayor’s Task Force to study creation of Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Dallas - Appointed by Mayor Annette Strauss
Board Member, Dallas Arts District Foundation
Board Member, Dallas Arts District Friends,
“...the larger point is that this is the single most astounding cultural series held in Bangor."
Shakespeare on the River review
The Bangor Daily News
"Since brevity is the soul of wit, suffice it to say this show, directed expertly by Mark Torres, is a reduction of Shakespeare to a series of high jinks."
Review of The Complete Wrks of Wm Shkspr (abridged) by Long, Singer, Winfield
The Bangor Daily News
"The world has a great deal of respect, interest and excitement about Shakespeare and yet there is a pervasive attitude that he is boring and not connected to our lives," said Torres. "Shooting that myth in the foot is important to me."
No Longer Bored by The Bard
Bangor Daily News
"Torres.....is making his influence felt in the local theater scene."
Missionary Man
Dallas Observer