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Mark Pajor

@mpajor.bsky.social

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I do theatre and things in Michiana. That is, around South Bend and Mishawaka.

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Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · 1d

Donate link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Support Our Next Season of Plays!

Join in a renaissance of theatre here in our Michiana community. Support AMP Theatre Company’s annual fundraiser.For our next season, our plays hail from the 1600s. Your donation helps us bring the jo...

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · 1d

This is the theatre company I lead alongside my wife Allison. Help us fund our 2026 season of underperformed plays from the time of Shakespeare!

A small teaser...

Rogues and romance.
Despots and defiance.

I CANNOT WAIT for our next season; we need more $16 donations to make it happen!

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · 1d

We've raised $706 so far! Help us hit $1600 to fund our 2026 season of Renaissance plays! #theatresky

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AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · 1d

We've raised $706 so far! Help us hit $1600 to fund our 2026 season of Renaissance plays! #theatresky

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · 9d

I CANNOT WAIT to tell you all what shows we're cooking up for next year... consider donating or spreading the word if you'd like to help us make it happen!

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · 9d

It's our annual fundraiser! Help us bring the joy and the drama of our next season of plays—from the 1600s—to audiences in the here and now. Join us in raising $1600 in 16 days. See more and donate here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/amp-annual-fundraiser

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · 17d

Tickets are now available — I get to act in this one! Come see me play a VILLAIN amptheatrecompany.org/box-office

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · 17d

Tickets are now on sale for The Spanish Tragedy! Here's a peek at some movement exercises we did to get our creative juices flowing.

Reserve your tickets with our Early Bird discount here: amptheatrecompany.org/box-office

#southbend #southbendtheatre #michiana #michianatheatre

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 10

But Balthazar loves Bel-Imperia!

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · Sep 9

It is begun. Announcing our cast for The Spanish Tragedy!

Sarah Kelly—Ghost of Don Andrea
M Evans—Revenge
Pam Clark—Hieronimo
Will Larry—Lorenzo
Sycamore Delling—Bel-Imperia
Mark Pajor—Balthazar
RJ Connors—Horatio / Bazulto
Kenneth Oakes—King of Spain
Gerard Hall—Pedringano / Portuguese 1

More...

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cars depreciate, so keeping what you have and waiting to replace it as long as you're able is almost always the most affordable option.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you want an electric car but this month isn't right for you, don't rush it. In a couple years there will likely be lots of used EVs for good prices—cars that people are getting leases on right now from manufacturers and dealers rushing to get their cars out the door while the tax credit's around.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you need the car for road trips and decide you need faster charging on the road, there are faster-charging, more recent used EVs going for around $20K or less.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lots of used electric cars are on sale for around $10K after the savings from the tax credit. Dealers usually advertise the price with the tax credit applied. We got our 2017 Bolt for less than that, and its battery is still under warranty for 5 more years.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you can charge at work or at home—if there's an outlet where your car sits parked—then electric cars are better cars. They can accelerate faster and drive more smoothly, they need less maintenance, and they cost less to drive (on our home electric bill, we pay the equivalent of about $1/gallon).

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you're looking to buy a car, consider whether an electric one is right for you... this month especially. The tax credit for electric cars (new AND used) goes away at the end of this month. It's an instant-rebate tax credit, so you can save thousands upfront if you qualify, and most people do.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'll be at South Bend First Fridays, downtown, with our Chevy Bolt tomorrow evening, part of an event where you can chat with folks about their experience with EVs. What they're like to drive, where/how to charge, what to look for, whatever you want to chat about. Come see me!

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 22

Watch Ponyboi for a great fiction film and Every Body for a great documentary! There's a lot to learn, and this documentary is a good watch.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 22

Learned about it because one of the three featured people is River Gallo. I just watched River in "Ponyboi", the first feature film starring and written by an openly intersex person. It was a fantastic film, a great balance of action/suspense and substance.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 22

"The treatment of intersex young people is totally based in this 1950s ideology of creating men, and women." — watching "Every Body", a doc focusing on three intersex Americans.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am thoroughly AMPed — audition for this show!
13 years ago, The Spanish Tragedy was the first play I ever directed. This time I can't wait to audition for director @allisonpajor.bsky.social. Who wouldn't want to be part of the defining English revenge tale?

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · Aug 18

Auditions are next Monday and Tuesday! Come either day at 6:30pm at the River Park Library.

Sign up to audition: forms.gle/HH3kCom7aaTe...

#southbend #southbendtheatre #michiana #michianatheatre

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 6

Also, gas stations feel like insanity (and my god the COMMERCIALS) when I can just plug in our EV in our driveway.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm reminded of how much better our Bolt is to drive, when once a month I drive our gas car for my commute so it doesn't die from lack of use.

#BoltEV #EV

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jul 22

Black Sails is SO GOOD.

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our next show!

AMP Theatre Company @amptheatrecompany.org · Jul 1

Announcing our fall production: The Spanish Tragedy! In the corrupt court of an incompetent king, death comes too soon for the innocent. Their loved ones will have their revenge.
See the show November 7–16 at The Well Coffee House, South Bend. Check out our website for details!

#michiana #southbend

Current Season | AMP Theatre Company

The Spanish Tragedy, November 7–16 at The Well in South Bend! See the revenge tale that started it all.

www.amptheatrecompany.org

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jun 30

Republicans are voting NOW to help the rich get richer at the cost of everyone else AND tax clean energy industries out of existence while making us breathe more coal (and upping our energy bills to do it)

Tell your senators to vote No on the budget bill. IN:

Young
202-224-5623

Banks
202-224-4814

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jun 27

Pacific time?

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Ohhh THIS Friday is the last Friday of the month. Let's do ittttt. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴🚴‍♀️

#SouthBendCriticalMass #BikeSB #CriticalMass #BikeParty #SBcommunity #SlowRollSB

Mark Pajor @mpajor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great day for the bike ride part of the bike-train commute home from Chicago. Closed road alongside the trail means that in this spot, bird chirps overwhelm the sound of car noise in the distance.