Resumes
Representative Theater Acting Credits
| Production | Role | Producer |
| The Alchemist | Lovewit | Bad Epitaph Theater Company |
| The American Revolution | Adams, Hangman | Bad Epitaph Theater Company |
| Diary of Anne Frank | Mr. Dussel | Beck Center |
| Hamlet | Claudius | Beck Center |
| A Man of No Importance | Rasher Flynn | Beck Center |
| Jeffrey | Sterling | Beck Center |
| The Seagull | Shamraev | Beck Center |
| Oleanna | John | Boulevard Theatre |
| Osama the Hero | Mark | Cleveland Public Theater |
| Between Life and Death | The Man | Cleveland Public Theater |
| King Lear | Lear | Cleveland Shakespeare Festival |
| Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 | King Henry | Cleveland Shakespeare Festival |
| Julius Caesar | Caesar | Cleveland Shakespeare Festival |
| Heartbreak House | Captain Shotover | Cleveland State University |
| Holiday Hotline | Ensemble | Detroit Avenue Arts |
| Dividing the Estate | Bob | Ensemble Theatre |
| The Trip to Bountiful | Ludie Watts | Ensemble Theatre |
| The Fantasticks | Hucklebee | Ensemble Theatre |
| Full Moon | Frank Patrick | Ensemble Theatre |
| Scrooge! | Ebenezer Scrooge | Fine Arts Association |
| Inherit the Wind | Drummond | Fine Arts Association |
| Proof | Robert | Geauga Lyric Theatre Guild |
| Ragtime | Henry Ford | Jewish Community Center |
| All My Sons | Joe Keller | John Carroll Unversity |
| Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Lakeland Theater |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch | Lakeland Theater |
| Peter Pan | Jas. Hook/Mr. Darling | Lakeland Theater |
| Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | Lakeland Theater |
| Big River | Pap Finn | Mercury Summer Stock |
| Mystery of Charles Dickens | all characters | Rabbit Run Theater |
Representative Film and Voice Acting Credits
| Film | Role | Producer |
| Rathunas (player mod to Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion) | Girard Lambert and other roles | Scott & Katherine Courtney |
| Losing the Hemingway | Hemingway | Green Field Productions |
| Cold Storage | Richard Landau | Cinecraft |
| The Still Unknown | Bill | Mephisto Productions |
| To See the Moon in the Morning Sky | John | Little Beth Productions |
Representative Directing Credits
| Production | Producer |
| These Are the Times | Cleveland Public Theater Big Box |
| The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) | Rabbit Run Theater |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Fine Arts Association |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | University of Akron Theater Guild |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Boulevard Theatre |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Theater on the Square |
| Twelfth Night | Theater on the Square |
| Hay Fever | Theater on the Square |
| The Perfect Alibi (A. A. Milne) | Theater on the Square |
| The Romantic Age (A. A. Milne) | Theater on the Square |
| Applause | Chagrin Falls High School |
| Midsummer Night's Dream | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
| Radio Boy | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
| Romeo and Juliet | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
| Twelfth Night | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
| Spamalot | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
| Music Man | Geauga Lyric Theater Guild |
Administrative Experience
Qualifications
Mark Cipra has worked in virtually all areas of administration in over 40 years of theater experience.
That experience began with leadership roles in high school and college organizations (including a founding role in several still-extant theaters and education programs), and continued through a series of seminal positions at Playhouse Square Center and the Cleveland Play House.
During his career as an information technology professional, he was a board member/officer with Signstage and the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival and has consulted with many other area theaters on a volunteer basis. He formed Cypher Productions in 2006, and he has also acted in or directed dozens of professional productions in the Cleveland area.
He has, in addition, over 25 years experience in the business and engineering application of information technology.
Professional Experience
Chancellor (formerly Myers) University, 2006-2010. Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems.
Zin Technologies/Analex Corporation, 1990-2006. Project Manager/Implementation Coordinator/Database Development. Led team developing and implementing web- and client-server business administration systems. Provided direct support for interface development, data conversion, testing, training, budgeting, scheduling, and document management.
Cleveland Play House, 1987 - 1990. Computer Systems Manager. Guided transition to a computerized performing arts information system. Developed and maintained systems for ticketing, fundraising, marketing, cost and revenue accounting, and office automation. Specified, budgeted for, acquired and installed hardware and software. Created training materials, conducted and supervised training.
McDermott International, 1984 - 1987. Senior Analyst, Operations Research. Designed and developed corporate international financial and marketing databases, business modeling systems, and proprietary database and communications languages.
Cleveland State University, 1987 - 1996, and Lake Erie College, 2013-present. Adjunct Professor, graduate/undergraduate information systems topics.
Playhouse Square Foundation, 1973-1981. Box Office Manager, House Manager, Development Office assistant. Developed systems and managed areas during PSF's initial experiments in large-scale production.
Volunteer
Fairmount Center Performing Arts Camp Publicist (2006)
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival Advisory Board (2002-2005; Secretary)
Fairmount Theater of the Deaf (now Signstage) Board of Trustees (1987-1993)
Bad Epitaph Theater Company Benefit Coordinator (2003)
Training
Yale University (1971-75): Nikos Psacharopoulos
Circle in the Square (1975-76): Arvin Brown, Ken Frankel, John Strasberg, Madeleine Sherwood
Workshops/classes: George Roy Hill, Arthur Penn, Tom Fulton, Brian Zoldessy
Case Western Reserve University (1982-84): MBA, Information Systems