is graduate of The Second City Actor Training Program, and has appeared in shows with the Shawnee Professional Theatre Company, The Court Theatre and was a founding member of The Griffin Theatre Company. Mark is currently an Actors' Equity Candidate, a proud member of the Pee-wee Herman Fun Club and a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

As a director, his production of THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION was selected to showcase at the American College Theatre Festival and earned both cast members Irene Ryan nominations. His additional directing credits include BEDROOM FARCE, DICK AND JANE and GRACELAND.

As a playwright, Mark has been inspired by Tennessee Williams (for his brilliant use of language), Neil Simon (for his brilliant use of humor), and Penny Sycamore (who wrote plays simply because a typewriter was delivered to her home by mistake).

Mark's plays include RUSSIAN ROULETTE, OUT WITH A BANG, SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING AT THE C.C.&C., YOUR CHEATIN' HEART & MY FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES and BESTSELLER.

Mark took a nearly 20 year break from theatre and worked in the casting department for many film and television projects, including HOME ALONE 1 and 2, PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, GROUNDHOG DAY, E.R., THE FUGITIVE and many, many more.   For a full list of his movie and television credits, visit the Internet Movie Database click HERE.

Mark's recent plays include EUPHORIA and KILLING KITTENS, which was produced by Theatre on the Square in Indianapolis, Indiana and received a staged reading by La Strada Ensemble Theatre in New Jersey as part of the 2015 Pride Month Rainbow Reading Series.

His comedic, murder mystery, THE VULTURES was a runner for the 2018 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwrighting Excellence in Michigan and the winner of the 2018 Jewel Box Theatre Original Play Contest in Oklahoma. The show finished in the top five scripts in the Rover Dramawerks New Play Contest, was a finalist in the New Works Competition at Khaos Company Theatre and a quarter finalist in the Screen Craft 2018 New Play Competition.  The script received staged readings in Chicago by Three Cat Productions, Khaos Company Theatre in Indianapolis, IN and The Downeaster Theatre in Michigan.  The script also received online readings by The Shawnee Playhouse and Proud Mary Theatre Company.

THE VULTURES has been produced by The Florence Community Players, Evolution Theatre, The Lakewood Theatre, The Jewel Box Theatre, Rosemead High School and The Ken-ton Players in New York.  Three additional productions are currently pending.

The script is published by Heuer Publishing.

In his spare time, Mark is still working on his musical parody, 43rd STREET, which was given a staged reading by Three Cat Productions in Chicago and was a finalist in the Shawnee Playhouse Original Script Competition in Pennsylvania.  If you'd like to help out on this one, please contact him!