Auburn Correctional Facility

Mark Distefano

Mark DiStefano first became involved with PPTG when his professor told him he worked with Shakespearean actors in a maximum security facility in upstate NY.

The privilege of knowing the members of PPTG and watching them perform has been life-changing for him. Mark served as primary editor for Human Again, the documentary feature about the group’s process and first members, produced by Bruce Levitt. Mark graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University in 2016 with a double major in English and Performing Media Arts. He is based in New York, NY where he makes a living working in feature films and television, while writing and directing his own projects. Being witness to PPTG’s message has taught him the importance of individual expression even in the most unreceptive of environments. The members of the group have set him off on his own path of self-discovery in his work and his life.