Mark Larson is a Golden Apple Award–winning educator who has worked at Evanston Township High School, the Field Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, and National Louis University. He holds a doctorate in educational leadership and wrote two books in the field of education, Making Conversation and, with B. J. Wagner, Situations. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife, Mary. They have twin daughters, Emily and Sarah, and twin grandsons, Tilden and Nicholas. For more Chicago theater stories, visit www.ensemblechicago.com.