Welcome!

This is the professional website of David R. Block.  Mr. Block is an educator, performer and consultant in Anchorage, Alaska.

David is the owner of Midnight Sun Theatre, a para-professional theatre company, and Midnight Sun Performing Arts Academy, an acting school, both in Anchorage, Alaska. These companies provide high quality entertainment and theatrical instruction.

Mr. Block is also the owner of Aether Education, an educational support company that offers tutoring, academic personal training and home school support as well as instruction in those skills necessary to be successful in high school.

Mr. Block,an educator in the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska since 1994, retired from the district in 2017 to engage in other pursuits.  In addition to teaching Social Studies and English to thousands of Anchorage’s youth, he has also Directed, teched, written and performed in numerous plays throughout Alaska, Washington, California, Hawaii and Great Britain.

In 2010, Mr Block started Midnight Sun Theatre company where he is the Artistic Director.  The company has been successfully producing shows in cooperation with Anchorage Community Theatre since its founding. The company expanded in the 2016/17 season to produce performances throughout the year.  MST was recently named one of the top three live theatre companies in Anchorage by both the Anchorage Press and the Anchorage Daily News.

David was also named Best Teacher in Anchorage by the Anchorage Press, received the M.I.T. Most Inspirational Teacher award in 2013 and was Anchorage Education Association’s Teacher of the Year in 2012.

Mr. Block resides in Anchorage, Alaska where he has lived since 1980.  He enjoys traveling to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every few years when he is not taking advantage of the art in Paris, France or the sun in Makakilo, Hawaii.  When not teaching or directing plays, David is working on a number of writing projects or enjoying small roles in local plays.

Email to DB@davidrblock.com
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