Writing Archives - Page 5 of 8 - Mark Brown

The Quest For Don Quixote Lives

The Quest For Don Quixote at TheatreSquared I'm thrilled to say that my play The Quest for Don Quixote will be headlining the Arkansas New Play Festival this June at Theatre Squared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. That is completely Judy Dench! The Swank Press Release Playwright Ben Eisenberg sits in a Starbucks, just one day before Don Quixote begins rehearsal. There’s just one problem — he hasn’t written it. His agent is apoplectic, the advance is long since spent, and adapting [...]

The Quest For Don Quixote LivesMark2023-11-16T00:56:52+00:00

Actors Co-Op Going Around the World

Around the World in 80 Days at Actors Co-op Actors Co-op in Hollywood, CA is producing my play Around the World in 80 Days. The show runs from May 6 - June 14. It's the fifth and final show in its 2014-2015 season. I don't know much about Actors Co-op but m friend Peter Allen Vogt did Who Killed Edwin Drood? there last year. The show is being directed by Rhonda Kohl. I had coffee with her the other day and she couldn't have [...]

Actors Co-Op Going Around the WorldMark2017-02-11T05:49:14+00:00

Congratulations Circle Theatre Company

Circle Theatre Company's Successful Run Congratulations to the Circle Theatre Company for their successful run of Around the World in 80 Days. How successful was it? Box-office records, baby. That's awesome. And I think it was student directed. But I'm not sure. CTC is located in Orlando and they did not one but two of my shows this year. Over the holidays they produced The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. When I wrote both shows I wanted to make them so [...]

Congratulations Circle Theatre CompanyMark2017-02-11T05:49:15+00:00

Fort Myers Here I Come

I'm Fort Myers Bound I'm heading to Fort Myers later this week to see Florida Rep's production of Around the World in 80 Days. Don't just take my word for it. It's also on Broadwayworld. "Florida Repertory Theatre has announced that Mark Brown, the critically acclaimed author of Around the World in 80 Days, will visit Fort Myers this weekend to see Florida Rep's production of his play." See? I'll also be doing some audience talkbacks. Again I defer to [...]

Fort Myers Here I ComeMark2017-02-11T05:49:15+00:00

Florida Rep Goes Around the World

Florida Rep Set to go Around the World in 80 Days Florida Rep opens Around the World in 80 Days tonight. Woot. The production is directed by my good friend, Mark Shanahan. Mark recently directed the production of Around the World in 80 Days at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (That production had an extraordinary event that I don't think can ever be duplicated). Last spring Mark directed the world premiere of my play Tom Jones. He's also been in a couple [...]

Florida Rep Goes Around the WorldMark2023-11-16T00:59:08+00:00

Search for a German Woman

Seeking German Woman I'm in search for a German woman. Not just any German woman. This German woman. The brunette in the middle. Not the guy on the left. He's neither German nor a woman. A Bremen German Woman Back in 1996 I was cast in an industrial film for Evans and Sutherland. They're a computer firm and back then they sold killer simulators to the military. They don't sell them anymore and now the Evans and Sutherland website looks [...]

Search for a German WomanMark2017-02-11T05:49:15+00:00

Village Theatre Around the World in 80 Days

Village Theatre Gets Awesome Reviews Congratulations to the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA on the awesome-sauce reviews for its production of Around the World in 80 Days. "An exciting and enormously entertaining adventure!" ~ Daily Record 'Around the World in 80 Days"... a memorable romp worth taking." ~ Issaquah Press Thanks Kudos to the cast -Jared Michael Brown, Chris Ensweiler, Eric Polani Jensen, Jason Collins and Aneesh Sheth. And super kudos to director David Ira Goldstein for putting together a fantastic production. The Info Here's [...]

Village Theatre Around the World in 80 DaysMark2017-10-28T06:43:46+00:00

Galavant the Musical

Galavant Premieres Sunday Galavant, ABC's midseason, medieval musical debuts this Sunday, January 4th. Oh how I wish I had written Galavant. And if I hadn't created it, oh how I wish I had been one of the writers on the project. This musical is right up my alley. It's been called "fast-paced, irreverent, and very, very silly." My adaptation of Tom Jones has been called “a fast-paced, take-no-prisoners Monty Python-style farce.” You see? A perfect match. The creative team of Galavant [...]

Galavant the MusicalMark2023-11-16T00:59:08+00:00

TheatreSquared Achieves the Extraordinary

TheatreSquared Ends Run With a Magical Moment TheatreSquared ended its run of Around the World in 80 Days with an extraordinary moment. To me, theatre is an incredibly magical place where anything is possible. I've been working in theatre since I was 19-years old and the theatre still surprises and excites me. Every now and then there's a moment in theatre that defies explanation. If I were to write those moments into a script no one would believe they happened [...]

TheatreSquared Achieves the ExtraordinaryMark2017-02-11T05:49:18+00:00

Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at OCHS

Ocean City High Presents The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge The Ocean City High School Drama Guild in Ocean City, NJ will be doing my play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. "Making his directorial debut for the Drama Guild is Ocean City High School alumnus Don Toal Jr. A member of the class of 2003, Toal is also a substitute teacher and has worked in the arts for several years, directing shows and teaching classes for the Greater Ocean City [...]

Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at OCHSMark2017-10-28T06:43:46+00:00