Mark Ragan (ADAPTER, BETC MANAGING DIRECTOR) is an actor, director and theater administrator in the Denver metro area. His adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People marks his first foray into playwriting. As an actor, Mark was last seen as the First Lord in Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Winter’s Tale, directed by Wendy Franz. He also performed four roles in the Festival’s staging of Mary Zimmerman’s masterpiece, The Odyssey, directed by Tim Orr. As a director, Mark’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play for the Breckenridge Backstage Theater was nominated for six Henry Awards and won four. His last directing foray came in 2023 with his Henry Award-winning production of The Belle of Amherst, starring BETC Producing Artistic Director Jessica Robblee, who won the Best Actress award for her portrayal of Emily Dickinson. Mark is a lifelong scholar of William Shakespeare and the former artistic director of Washington D.C.-based The Rude Mechanicals. He lives in Highlands Ranch with his wife Jamie, a concert pianist. He is the father of three daughters, all named after Shakespeare characters: Juliet, Kate and Olivia.
“O they do teach the torches to burn bright.”
