Mark D. Sylvester
Managing Director
Mark's extensive career has spanned Summer Stock to Broadway as an actor, stage manager, box office treasurer, theatre manager, marketing and public relations director and general manager. This season he is celebrating his 18th season at the Walnut. At the age of 21 he managed his first theatre, New York's historic Provincetown Playhouse. Mark spent several years working with commercial theatre. Since 1987, he has devoted his career to non-profit theatre companies including six seasons at Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse. To date, Mark has been associated with more than 400 stage productions. An avid collector of musical theatre recordings, his collection contains nearly 3,000 cast albums from around the world. Widely regarded as a theatrical marketing expert, Mark lectures and consults with organizations internationally. He has served on many boards including the Theatre League of South Florida, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and currently the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and the Advisory Committee of Samuel French. With Bernard Havard he co-authored the book Walnut Street Theatre, published by Arcadia Publishing. Since he joined the Walnut in 1994, it has become the most subscribed theatre company in the world.
