About Sharon:

Sharon Moore retired from NC State LIVE in 2023 where she had the joy of connecting artists and audiences for 37 years with a nationally recognized presenting program that emphasizes visionary artists, relevant content, and community engagement. She worked with PlayMakers Repertory Company on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill before going to NC State in 1986.

Sharon was a founding member of the North Carolina Presenters Consortium in 1991, serving on the Executive Board until 1998, as President 1998-2000, and rejoining in 2014 for another term. Since 2002 Sharon has served in various capacities with Arts North Carolina (North Carolina’s statewide advocacy organization for the arts) including board member, vice chair, and chair of the Arts Day Planning Committee. She has also participated on the boards of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Arts Access, the North Carolina Jazz Network, and the North Carolina Dance Alliance. During her service on the Arts Access board, she was instrumental in the planning that brought Audio Description to Raleigh. Sharon is the recipient of South Art’s 2015 Mary Beth Treen Award and the 2016 Raleigh Medal of Arts Award.

About Tracy:

About Bunny:

Bunny is thrilled to be a returning member of this year’s NCPC ArtsMarket team! Bunny has over 20 years of experience as a performing arts presenter and event planner. For nine years she was the Performing Arts Director for the Cabarrus Arts Council based in Concord, NC. During her tenure there she was an active member of NCPC and served as an officer on the Board of Directors. 

Prior to coming to North Carolina, Bunny was the Director of Performing Arts at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. In addition to her arts programming duties at the college, she was an active theatrical director, directing over 70 college stage productions in addition to numerous local community theatre shows. She now enjoys volunteering as a judge for the annual Blumey Awards – the regional high school musical theatre awards program overseen by Blumenthal Performing Arts in Charlotte, NC.

About Verlene:

Verlene Oates is the Artistic Director of Revolutionary Voices Theatre Company and Pure Life Theatre producing manager. She loves live theatre and young people. She has performed with several theatre companies in the area. She has the passion to stage manage, produce as well as perform. She retired from NC State government after 30 years in the human resource field. This is her 3rd year stage managing for Arts Market and she is very excited to be apart of the team.

About Jennifer:

Jennifer Ijeoma is excited to be back for the 3rd year with NCPC Arts Market as Registration Desk Coordinator. Jennifer works alongside the leadership of Pure Life Theatre Company and is the managing director of Revolutionary Voices Theatre Company. Her love for the arts has propelled her to dive more into costuming the theatre world. Jennifer has costumed The Motown Sounds of Christmas, Fences, 

MaRainey’s Black Bottom, She Persisted, Hymn, and Home. She has created costumes for Burning Coal Theatre, Pure Life Theater and Revolutionary Voices summer camps production of Newsies, Beauty and the Beast Jr, and Willie Wonka Jr. Jennifer has worked in education for 28 years and strongly advocates for the NAACP’s ACT-SO program. 

About Mark:

Mark Tulbert has been involved with ArtsMarket longer than NCPC has existed. The first ArtsMarket was produced by the North Carolina Association of Arts Councils (now Arts North Carolina) in 1989. Since Mark’s husband Rob was the executive director of NCAAC at the time, Mark qualified as readily accessible volunteer labor.

In 2024, Mark retired after 31 years working with the arts programs at NC State University. In his first 23 years at the university, Mark was part of the small but mighty team of the NC State LIVE series, led by Sharon Moore, that built a performing arts program recognized nationally for innovative, challenging, artistically excellent, and culturally diverse programming. In 2016, Mark became director of arts marketing at NC State, building on his years of experience as a connector in the arts, sharing the stories of the role of the arts at a major university best known for its STEM-focused research, and reaching new audiences for the visual and performing arts at the institution.

Mark served on the NCPC board of directors in the mid-aughts, during the reigns of Queen Louisa and Lord Wicker.

About Brooke:

Brooke Gustafson is excited to join us for another summer as the NCPC Arts Admin Intern. She is a senior Arts Administration and Theatrical Design & Technology student at Elon University. Brooke has worked with Children’s Theatre Charlotte as a teaching artist and Libby London as a studio intern. She hopes to pursue a career in artistic event management or community engagement post grad. Brooke also loves to sew, travel, and have meaningful discussions over a cup of coffee. She is so excited to work with the dream team for another year!