Marcus Kearns

Marcus Kearns is a theater artist living and working in Western Massachusetts as an Actor, Director, and Technician. Born in Canada and raised in New England, Marcus has always enjoyed creative pursuits. He started theater as a middle schooler, starting backstage and then turning to acting in High School where he played everything from Russian soldiers to pirate kings to Protestant preachers. At Franklin Pierce University, he participated in the Kennedy Center American Theater Festival as an actor and did some freelance film acting for friends. He's also done modeling for local photographers. He joined the company at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA during the summer of 2010 and has been living and working with the group since in roles as varied as catering manager, stage carpenter, sound engineer, actor, director, and education artist. He participated as a technical director for the Fall Festival of Shakespeare 2011 and 2014, took the company's Acting Intensive program, directed productions in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare 2012 and 2013, in addition to performing in many season's productions. He has also worked on Broadway as a Carpenter for many theaters and some of the industries top Props Masters.
Marcus is one of the three Kearns siblings working in Theatre; his sister Amanda is an Actress in Philadelphia, PA and his sister Natalie is a Props Master in London, Ontario Canada.