Mark Robert Gordon

MARK ROBERT GORDON is Founding Artistic/Executive Director (since 1994) of Do Gooder Productions (DGP), a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater company which develops and produces new plays for the American stage in partnership with designated charities; productions include (among others) Off-Broadway premieres of My Soul is Mine: A Runaway's Story (MRG), the dreamer examines his pillow (John Patrick Shanley), ¡Olé! (Janis Astor del Valle/Pedro R. Monge-Rafuls/Liza Colón (Applause Books and Theatre Communications Group)), On Deaf Ears (Robin Rothstein), The Magic Formula (Sidney Morris), and the year-long Off-Broadway run of 2 1/2 Jews (Alan Brandt) (Broadway Play Publishing). MRG heads the production company The Camelback Kid, whose current roster of upcoming productions includes: Some Greeks Are NOT In The Restaurant Business (actor/comedian Greg Lewis’ 1-man show), TV Unplugged! (a live celebration of television featuring a rotating cast of TV stars), and the screen adaptation of 2 1/2 Jews; recent productions include the critically-acclaimed runs of “Carol Channing” In Concert (Off-Broadway) and 2 1/2 Jews (South Florida). As an actor, MRG has had appeared in over five-dozen roles including Off-Broadway work at Soho Playhouse (Grandma Sylvia's Funeral), Union Square Theater, The Public Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival), and multiple shows with DGP. Recent directing credits include "Carol Channing" in Concert (Off-Broadway - St. Luke's Theatre) and regional productions of 2 1/2 Jews; his direction of Off-Broadway's Trash (Pedro R. Monge-Rafuls) was published by Theatre Communications Group. MRG has authored five plays:“H”: Hamilton or Honour (workshop: Columbia University, New York Shakespeare Festival), My Soul is Mine: A Runaway’s Story (Off-Broadway-1995), Did You Evuh?, Nevuh!, and R’fua: Healing. He wrote the screenplay adaptation of 2 1/2 Jews and for TV is developing a new sitcom “Next Case!” (a fictional look at a TV judge show) and a dramedy “Zonies” (a serial about quirky Arizona characters). Graduate of Phoenix’s inner-city public schools, Princeton University, Columbia University School of Law, and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.