Audiobooks’ eccentric gay uncle.
Mark is a stage-trained narrator & voice actor
with 30+ years professional creative experience.
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DEMOS
AUDIOBOOK NARRATION
HORROR
FANTASY
Fantasy, Grimdark
Half-orcs and horsemen | 3rd person, mmmmf dialogue
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LITERARY FICTION
Literary Fiction, Middle Grade
Shark tunnel | 1st person, Appalachian dialect
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ABOUT MARK
Born and bred in the Bluegrass, Mark’s Kentucky bourbon baritone is warm and clear with a kick. He has a stocked stable of characters & dialects champing at the bit to race.
His trippy 70s childhood filled with Sleestacks, Hammer Horror, Star Wars, Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings, Groo comics, and red box D&D instilled a passion for all things weird and wonderful.
Affable, approachable, but unafraid to go dark places, Mark delivers nuanced, emotional performances.
Mark loves fearless fiction–horror, fantasy, and sci-fi–especially by gay and indie authors.
OUTSIDE THE BOOTH
Mark is an award-winning creative director, copywriter, and graphic designer with advertising agency experience. He’s also a seasoned non-profit exec skilled in philanthropy and community engagement. Plus, as a published poet, essayist, and short story author, Mark understands storytelling from the inside out.
AUDIOBOOK TITLES
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CREDITS
Theatre, local ad agency, and public broadcast experience:
- Audiobook Narration: Spotify Audiobooks
- Audiobook Narration: Glagoslav Publications
- Audiobook Narration: Lantern Publishing & Media
- Audiobook Narration: Running Wild, LLC
- Audiobook Narration: Riptide Publishing
- Audiobook Narration: BHC Press
- Audiobook Narration: Wordwooze
- Commercial VO: Sole Dynamics
- Video Game VO: Dislyte, Brewster Intro
- Theatre: Circle Rep Theatre, NYC
- Theatre: Busch Gardens, The Old Country, VA
- Theatre: Lexington Musical Theatre
- Theatre: Actor’s Guild of Lexington
- Public Speaking & Presentations: The J. Peterman Company
- Public Speaking & Presentations: University of Kentucky College of Design
- Public Speaking & Presentations: CJ Advertising
- Public Speaking & Presentations: AVOLKY (non-profit)
- Host/Emcee: Beaux-Arts Ball, Lexington, KY
- Podcast Host: Mad Mister Mark’s Podcast of Mystery
- Spokesperson: RADIOLEX (public radio)
- Public Radio Host: My Morning Mixtape, RADIOLEX
- Public Radio Host: Community Voices, RADIOLEX
- Voice Talent: radio PSAs, radio spots, online spots RADIOLEX
- Spokesperson: AVOLKY (non-profit)
- Voice Talent: radio PSAs, TV spots, online spots AVOLKY (non-profit)
- Voice Talent: CJ Advertising, various clients, spec spots, etc.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Lifelong performer and public speaker (from 4-H to high school drama & debate to corporate trainer to non-profit spokesperson)
- BA Theatre: University of Kentucky
- Audiobook Narration Coaching: P.J. Ochlan’s Masterclass
- Audiobook Narration Coaching: Julie Wilson, The Articulate Coach, Ahab Talent
- Voice Acting Coaching: Paul Alan Ruben, Tribeca Audio
- Voiceover Coaching: J. Michael Collins, JMC Voiceover
- Voiceover/Acting Coaching: Lau Laupides, agent, owner Lau Laupides Company
- ACX Master Class: David H. Lawrence XVII & Dan O’Day
- Voiceover Coaching: Mike Cosh, MCVO
- Improv Acting Coaching: Joanne Yarrow, Dir. of Community Engagement & Education, Syracuse Stage in New York; Executive Director of Live Animation Studios; owner, Distinctive Voices LLC
- Voice Performance/Vocal Production: Russell Henderson, University of Kentucky
- Voice Performance/Vocal Production: Lynn Estes, Belmont University
AFFILATIONS
STUDIO STUFF
Professional home studio featuring Vocal Booth VO1 with additional customized acoustical treatment. AKG Pro Audio C414 XLII (primary), Sennheiser MKH 416 (secondary) with Focusrite Clarett 2Pre. Macbook Pro + Adobe Audition. SourceConnect available.
I also have easy access to a full-service, Audible-certified, commercial recording studio.
LOGO & LORE
My logo is the griffin from the Royse family crest. It’s a reminder that I don’t do anything alone. Generations of men & women, lovers & fighters, saints & sinners, heroes & thieves got me to where I am today. Their lives, lusts, and loves stir my blood, drive my desires, and keep the whole grand show going.
