Mark Landon Smith (born January 29, 1964) is an American
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
. Known as a
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
writer, with ten
scripts
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
* Script (styles of handwriting)
** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ...
published by Baker's Plays/
Samuel French
Samuel French (1821–1898) was an American entrepreneur who, together with British actor, playwright and theatrical manager Thomas Hailes Lacy, pioneered in the field of theatrical publishing and the licensing of plays.
Biography
French founde ...
, and Steele Spring Publishing, Drama Source and Contemporary Drama Service and includes three foreign translations, an
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
production, a film adaptation and numerous productions throughout the world annually.
As actor he has appeared on stage, film and television. Film credits include Gordon Family Tree, Valley Inn, Mayfly, Neapolitan, Frog's Hair, Greater and Crossfire. He served a producer for the films Dupont, Mississippi and The Man in the Trunk.
He is the executive director of ARTS LIVE THEATRE, Co-founder/Co-Producer of Ceramic Cow Productions and co-director, emcee and actor with Phunbags Comedy Improv. He is also the Founder and co-director of the Actor's Casting Agency.
Smith has appeared in regional theatres receiving nominations and wins for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Featured Actor, Best Set Design and Best Choreography. His script ''Christmas Carol High School' is a 2012 AATE Distinguished Play Award nominee.
Plays
* ''Faith County'' (1991)
* ''Faith County 2'' (1993)
* ''The Really Hip Adventures of Go-Go Girl'' (1995)
* ''A Dickens of a Christmas Carol'' (1996)
* ''Hindenberg, Das Explosive New Musical'' (1997)
* ''Radio TBS'' (1998)
* ''Dupont, Mississippi'' (2000)
* ''The Pirate Show'' (2007)
* ''Christmas Carol High School'' (2010)
* ''Teenagers From Outer Space'' (2011)
* ''Plan 9 From Outer Space'' (2013)
* ''Brawl at the Ball'' (2013)
* ''Night of the Living Dead'' (2014)
References
External links
celebsandfans.comhttps://archive.today/20130131095536/http://www.ozarksunbound.com/make-with-the-phunny-five-questions-with-mark-landon-smith-of-phunbags/13940 ozarksunbound.co
books.google.combakersplays.com*
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120613083104/https://www.contemporarydrama.com/default.asp
Samuel French Catalog of Published Playsdoollee.com
Living people
American male actors
1964 births
American male screenwriters
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