MFA Directing, University of California, Irvine
Mark Valdez received his BA in Drama from the University of Dallas and graduated Summa Cum Laude. Mark Valdez is an artist and educator based in Los Angeles. Directing credits include: You Can't Take It With You: An American-Muslim Remix, Order My Steps and Mary Shelley's Santa Claus for Cornerstone Theater Company. Also, he directed the
Bay area premeire of Luis Alfaro's Electricidad. Currently he is working on a Latino-inspired production of the classic musical comedy, The Pajama Game for Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis.