About Mark Brown
Mark Brown is an award-winning writer. His play Around the World in 80 Days has literally been produced around the world. It’s been produced Off-Broadway twice, all across the US, Canada, England, South Africa, Turkey, India and Bangladesh – it’s even been produced in the Himalayas. It has been on many “Best Of” lists, has garnered many awards, and was twice one of American Theatre magazine’s Top Ten Most Produced Plays. (2009-10, 2014-15).
This is Tom Jones is a 1960s British Invasion inspired musical adaptation of the novel Tom Jones.
Tom Jones, his non-musical adaptation of the bawdy Henry Fielding novel, received its world premiere in 2014 and has been called “Clever, silly and highly theatrical!”
The Gentleman Thief is a throwback to the romantic comedies of Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and is currently available for a world premiere.
A Hunting We Will Go is door-slamming, trouser-dropping adaptation of the Feydeau play Monsieur Chasse.
Mark’s play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge has been called “a sequel worthy of Dickens’ approval,” “a worthy new entry into the holiday canon,” and is the number one selling show in the Taproot Theatre’s history.
His musical China – The Whole Enchilada was named Outstanding Musical of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival and has been called “funny, smart, surprisingly deep, and very enjoyable.”
His adaptation of The Little Prince set box office records at the Hippodrome Theatre and the Orlando Theatre Project.
Mark’s play Poe – Deep Into That Darkness Peering hasn’t won a thing but is a darn good play and should be produced more often.
Mark received his acting training at the American Conservatory Theatre and has appeared in theatres across the country, including the Tony Award-winning companies South Coast Repertory, the McCarter Theatre (Company member: five years), and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Films include Out of Sight (with George Clooney), Holy Man (with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum) and Amy’s O (Winner Best Film: Santa Barbara Film Festival). Notable TV credits include the Emmy Award-winning series From the Earth to the Moon (with Tom Hanks), House, Ally McBeal, Providence, Diagnosis Murder, and countless commercials and made-for-TV films. His song “Bring Me Back Home”, which he wrote and performed, appears in the film The Dig.
The Really Short Bio
Mark Brown is a widely produced playwright throughout America and abroad. His plays and musicals include the multi-award winning Around the World in 80 Days; This is Tom Jones; The Gentleman Thief; A Hunting We Will Go; The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge; China – The Whole Enchilada; Tom Jones; Deep Into That Darkness Peering; The Little Prince. Originally from New Jersey, Mark is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter and dreams of living in a chateau in France.
Who Knew?
His favorite foods are sushi and dim sum.
He’d kill for an almond milk tea with boba.
He has never won the Noble Peace Prize.
At various points in his life, Mark wanted to grow up to be Walt Disney, Rod Stewart, Franz Beckenbauer, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Whitacker in Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and Valeriy Borzof.
He can remember when gas cost $0.36 a gallon.
In 5th grade Mark was Captain of the Safety Patrol.
In the eighth grade he was ranked fifth in the state of NJ in the 440-yard sprint. (Back then it was measured in yards, not meters. And measured in the snow. Uphill. Both ways).
He missed breaking the school record in the 440 by 0.1 second and is still miserable about it.
As a sophomore in high school, Mark won a gold medal at the Penn Relays in the 4 x 440 relay.
He wishes he looked good in horizontal striped shirts.
Is a huge fan of all things Disney.
Mark always wanted hair like Rod Stewart. Now he just wants hair.
Was once asked to identify a man who had died while seated on a toilet.
Wanted to be an animator.
Mark does not know how to ice skate.
Has been to Graceland three times.
Suffers from sleep apnea and must wear a sexy CPAP mask to sleep.
He’d kill you in a heart beat for a plate of ham biscuits and a glass of sweet tea.
Is an Arsenal fan.
In the 1980s he won several Bruce Springsteen look-a-like contests.