Mark Harvey Levine has had over 500 productions of his plays around the world, at theaters such as The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre of Miami and The Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. His plays have been produced in Australia, Canada, England, Brazil, South Korea, The Netherlands, Germany, Morocco, South Africa, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
An evening of plays, “Cabfare For The Common Man“, had its World Premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, and has been produced in Los Angeles, Indianapolis and Amsterdam.
Another evening of his plays, “C’est Levine“, was produced in 2007 by Theatre@First in Boston, MA, where it broke attendance records.
In 2005, the Pausa Companhia of Brazil translated six of Mark’s plays into Portuguese and created the evening “Aperitivos“. It was produced in August 2005 in Curitiba, Brazil. The production moved on to a season in São Paulo in 2006, and went on a National tour of Brazil in 2007. Some performances were near the Amazon Rainforest in villages with people that had never seen a play before.
“Shades” swept the Annual Fifteen Minute Play Festival in New York, winning both the “Best Play” (Judge’s Award) and “Audience Favorite” Award. “Scripted” won the Alan Minieri Award at the same festival a few years earlier. “The Prodigal Cow” won both “Best Play” and “Audience Favorite” at New York’s Chester Horn Play Festival. “The Rental” won the Best Play Award from the Boston SuperSlam (the Best of a year’s worth of PlaySlams).
“Scripted“ was published in the anthology “2004: The Best Ten Minute Plays For 2 Actors” (Smith & Kraus). “Surprise” was published in “Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays”, (Vintage Books). “Shades” appears in “2005: The Best Ten Minute Plays For 3 Or More Actors” (Smith & Kraus). “Superhero” and “The Remote” were published in “2007: The Best Ten Minute Plays For 2 Actors” anthology, and “Surprise” appears in the “3 or More Actors” Volume (Smith & Kraus). “Cabfare For The Common Man” and “A Case Of Anxiety” appear in the 2008 Volume. “The Kiss” and “LA 8 AM” will appear in the 2010 Volumes.
In 2009, “Surprise” appeared as part of “Match Games” at the Actors Theatre Of Louisville. It was also included in a reading by the Actors Theatre Of Louisville at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Mark was born in Pittsburgh, PA and is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University’s School of Drama. He lives in Pasadena with his wife, Sara, and their son.
