Kirk Markley is a Houston based artist, designer, and arts administrator. He worked for sixteen years at Stages Repertory Theatre serving most recently as Associate Artistic Director. Kirk has served as designer on over 130 local stage productions creating designs for The Catastrophic Theatre, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, and Stages Repertory Theatre among many others. He has been active in the independent performing arts scene and has served on the board of directors for Suchu Dance and the Independent Arts Collaborative. Kirk is an alumnus of Rice University, but his training in art and design is entirely autodidactic.

