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To the student who tried to email me from Australia, about “The Big Picture” — I’ve been unable to reply to your email!  I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring your request, though.  Please send me an email at Markle96 (at) hotmail (dot) com.  Replace the (at) with an “@” and the (dot) with an “.” of course.
Anyone else can email me there, too!

January 2012


Playing This Month and Coming Up:

Jan 2012: Surprise, Universal Theatre, Provencetown, MA
Jan 2012: The Rental, Mankato Mosaic, New Ulm, MN
Jan 2012: “Misfortune”, Acme Theatre, Maynard, MA
Jan-Feb 2012: The Rental, Little Fish Theatre Co., San Pedro, CA
Feb 2012: A Case Of Anxiety, Pensacola Little Theatre, Pensacola, FL
Feb 2012: “Smitten”, Valley Repertory Company, Enfield, CT
Mar 2012: “Nicole”, Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Mar 2012: “A Collection Of Plays by Mark Harvey Levine”,
          Raconteur Theatre, Columbus, OH
Mar 2012: “Cinco — Five Plays by Mark Harvey Levine”,
          Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Mar 2012: “A Collection Of Plays by Mark Harvey Levine”,
          Above The Curve Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 2012: “The Big Picture”, 4 Short Plays, BCCT, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
May 2012: “Misfortune”, Madlab Theatre, Columbus, OH
Sep 2012: “Em Breve Nos Cinemas”, Teatro de Breque, Curitiba, BRAZIL
2012: “Cabfare For The Common Man — A Collection of
          Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, King’s Head Theatre, London, ENGLAND

2011 – Year In Review

  • I had 128 productions in 2011!  A new record for me!

  • I passed my 750th lifetime production!

  • I got into the Samuel French Festival!

  • I had a production of a collection of my plays in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — one of my long-time dreams!

  • First production in American Sign Language.

  • First production of my ten-minute plays “Misfortune” and “Smitten”.

  • First production of my one-minute plays “A Rainy Day In A Certain Part Of Ireland” (which won the contest it was in), first production of my monologues “Nicole”, “A Birthday Party” and “A Little Fresh Air”.

  • Foggy Day In A Certain Part Of Scotland” and “Pickles”

  • A full evening of my plays, “Surprises”, was produced at Neo Ensemble Theatre in Los Angeles.

  • Full evenings of my plays were produced at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, TX and Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

  • “The Rental” was published in “Shorter, Faster, Funnier” (Vintage Books/Random House)

  • “Passed Hordes” will be published in “2011: Best Ten Minute Plays” (Smith & Kraus)

December 2011


Playing This Month and Coming Up:

Dec 2011: “Uncle Charlie Sings”, “A Very Phoenix Xmas 6″, Phoenix Theatre,
          Indianapolis, IN
Dec 2011: The Kiss, Above The Curve Theatre, North Hollywood, CA
Dec 2011: A Case Of Anxiety, Beyond Convention, Hunger Artists, Fullerton, CA
Dec 2011: “An Evening Of Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, Pasadena City College,
          Pasadena, CA
Dec 2011: Oy Vey Maria, OnStage Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Dec 2011: A Very Special Hanukkah Special, Endtimes Productions, New York, NY
Dec 2011: Oy Vey Maria, Frogs With Fangs, Columbus, OH
Dec 2011: “Cabfare For The Common Man — A Collection of
          Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, Arcola Theatre, London, ENGLAND
Jan 2012: Surprise, Universal Theatre, Provencetown, MA
Jan 2012: The Rental, Mankato Mosaic, New Ulm, MN
Jan-Feb 2012: The Rental, Little Fish Theatre Co., San Pedro, CA
Feb 2012: “Smitten”, Valley Repertory Company, Enfield, CT
Mar 2012: “Nicole”, Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Mar 2012: “Cinco — Five Plays by Mark Harvey Levine”,
          Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Sep 2012: “Em Breve Nos Cinemas”, Teatro de Breque, Curitiba, BRAZIL
2012: “Cabfare For The Common Man — A Collection of
          Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, King’s Head Theatre, London, ENGLAND

November 2011


Playing This Month and Coming Up:

Nov 2011: “O Beijo” (The Kiss), Teatro de Breque, Curitiba, CA
Nov 2011: A Case Of Anxiety, Laced Banana, Manchester, ENGLAND
Nov 2011: Howard, Bruschetta Festival, Appetite Theatre, Chicago, IL
Nov 2011: Up On The Roof , Pan Theater, Oakland, CA
Dec 2011: “Cabfare For The Common Man — A Collection of
          Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, King’s Head Theatre, London, ENGLAND
Dec 2011: The Kiss, Above The Curve Theatre, North Hollywood, CA
Dec 2011: A Case Of Anxiety, Beyond Convention, Hunger Artists, Fullerton, CA
Dec 2011: Oy Vey Maria, OnStage Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Dec 2011: A Very Special Hanukkah Special, Endtimes Productions, New York, NY
Dec 2011: “Cabfare For The Common Man — A Collection of
          Mark Harvey Levine Plays”, Arcola Theatre, London, ENGLAND
Feb 2012: “Smitten”, Valley Repertory Company, Enfield, CT
Mar 2012: “Nicole”, Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Mar 2012: “Cinco — Five Plays by Mark Harvey Levine”,
          Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Oct 2012: “Em Breve Nos Cinemas”, Teatro de Breque, Curitiba, BRAZIL

Last Weekend For “Surprises”! Closes Oct. 9th!

For half price tickets, go to Goldstar: “Surprises”. Groups of 10 or more, only $10 each (at the Box Office).

For more info, go to the Neo Ensemble Theatre website.

“Surprises” opens in Los Angeles, September 16th!

"Surprises" opens September 16th in Los Angeles!

For tickets, go to Brown Paper Tickets.  Groups of 10 or more, only $10 each (at the Box Office).

For more info, go to the Neo Ensemble Theatre website.

Heideman Finalist

“A Walk In The Ocean” was just chosen as a finalist for the Actors Theatre Of Louisville’s National Ten Minute Play Contest. They regularly receive over 1300 entries for the prestigious Heideman Award.

This is the fifth play of mine that has been a finalist!

August 2011


Cabfare For The Common Man is playing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this month! Get all the info here: “Cabfare For The Common Man”.

Playing This Month and Coming Up:

Aug 2011: “A Fit Of Pique”, Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, Bremerton, WA
Aug 2011: Surprise, Greenville Little Theatre, Greenville, SC
Aug 2011: Scripted and Surprise, Black Box Theatre, Providence, RI
Aug 2011: “Didn’t See That Coming” (staged reading), Spare Change Theater,
         New York, NY
Aug 2011: Cabfare For The Common Man – An Evening Of Plays,
         Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
Sep 2011: Superhero, Minnesota Shorts Festival, Mankato, MN
Sep 2011: “Two Minute Warning” and “The Order”, Lickity Skits, Secret Room Theater,
         Philadelphia, PA
Sep 2011: Cabfare For The Common Man – An Evening Of Plays,
          Neo Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Dec 2011: A Case Of Anxiety, Beyond Convention, Hunger Artists, Fullerton, CA

July 2011


Cabfare For The Common Man is playing the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival this month! You can read a brief interview with me about the play here.

Playing This Month and Coming Up:

Jul 2011: Surprise, Regina International Fringe Festival, Regina,
         Saskatchewan, CANADA
Jul 2011: The Prodigal Cow and Up On The Roof, Gulfport Community Players,
         Gulfport, FL
Jul 2011: “In The Jar”, Old Academy Players, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 2011: The Rental, Drive By Theater Festival, Atlanta, GA
Jul 2011: “Filthy Rich”, Frogs With Fangs, Columbus, OH
Jul 2011: Cabfare For The Common Man, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival,
         New York, NY
Jul 2011: The Rental, The Best Of 10 by 10 At The Triangle, Chapel Hill, NC
Jul 2011: “A Rainy Day In A Certain Part of Ireland”, “March of I’ds”,
         ”School of Thought”, “The Candidate” and “The Order”,
          The Best of “In A New York Minute, New York, NY
Aug 2011: “A Fit Of Pique”, Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, Bremerton, WA
Aug 2011: Scripted, Black Box Theatre, Providence, RI
Aug 2011: Cabfare For The Common Man – An Evening Of Plays,
         Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
Sep 2011: Superhero, Minnesota Shorts Festival, Mankato, MN
Sep 2011: “Two Minute Warning” and “The Order”, Lickity Skits, Secret Room Theater,
         Philadelphia, PA
Sep 2011: Cabfare For The Common Man – An Evening Of Plays,
         Neo Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles, CA