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Mark Steven Jensen

MARK STEVEN JENSEN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Mark Steven Jensen's plays include The Benevolent Women's Craft Society (2003 Grindstone award for New Comedy), Independency (Utah Shakespearean Festival commission), atomic Summer (Theatre in the Square production 2002), On-Line (2004 New Play Finalist, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre), and Runestone (2004 Raw Stages Festival). Steppingstone Theatre for Youth commissioned Mark to write two youth musicals, Young Lindy and The Finger Dance: a Deaf Girl's Journey Through Music. He has also adapted or co-adapted three productions for Hardcover Theater  Sherlock Holmes: Murder at the Abbey Grange, Jack London's The Sea Wolf, and London after Midnight: Victorian Tales of Crime and the Supernatural. Mark has a MFA in Playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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 Ambushed! In Deep Space!         Atomic Summer         Benevolent Women's Craft Society, The         Big Candy Papa         Burning Tar         Buzz         Cannibals Are Cooking         Catatonic Muse         Conceited Terrorist         Egg         Finger Dance, The: A Deaf Girl's Journey Through Music         Fitcher's Bird         Grave         Independency         London After Midnight, Episode One         London After Midnight, Episode Two         Magic Bandit, The         On-Line         Pre-Matrimonial Conversation         Rocks         Sacrament Of Meatballs         Sea Wolf, The         Seasons         Sherlock Holmes: Murder At The Abbey Grange         Shovel         Something Wild         Under The Lamplight         Weldings         Young Lindy         Zombie Chick

Ambushed! In Deep Space!

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University Of arkansas, Little Rock, aR    2001

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Atomic Summer

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a lonely farmer and his pet two-headed mutant calf woo a single mother through her unsuspecting daughters.

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Onstage Theatre, Pleasant Hill, Ca    1995

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Comedy

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Benevolent Women's Craft Society, The

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When Jason, a gay Gender Studies professor, joins a small town craft group to gather research on rural women, both comic and near tragic disaster results.

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Green Bay Community Theatre    2003

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Comedy

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Big Candy Papa

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In Summer Dreams/Winter Wishes, seniortheatre.com    -

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10 min Comedy

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Burning Tar

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UNLV Summer Theatre, Las Vegas, NV    1998

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Buzz

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In Way Out West Broadway, seniortheatre.com    -

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5 min Single Play

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Cannibals Are Cooking

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UNLV One act Festival Las Vegas, NV    1992

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Catatonic Muse

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Concordia College Theatre, Moorhead, MN    1989

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Conceited Terrorist

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Concordia College Theatre, Moorhead, MN    1990

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Egg

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Crystal Productions, Los Angeles, Ca    1996

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Finger Dance, The: A Deaf Girl's Journey Through Music

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a once musically gifted girl unites the Deaf and hearing through a visual symphony of music, rhythm, dance and poetry.

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SteppingStone Theatre, St. Paul, MN    2001

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Youth Musical Youth audience

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Fitcher's Bird

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Performed under the overall title: "The Dark Side of the Brothers Grimm"

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Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis    2007

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Hardcover Theater

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Grave

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Prairie Wind Players, Barrett MN    1999

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Independency

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With war imminent, Governor William Franklin must choose between Father Benjamin and Father Britain. Fearing that the rebels will hang, he sides with Britain - and destroys his life.

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Genre:
Historical Drama

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London After Midnight, Episode One

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written by John Heimbuch, Mark Steven Jensen, Steve Schroer, And Shanan Wexler.

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Comedy, serial, 1-acts One act

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London After Midnight, Episode Two

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written by John Heimbuch, Mark Steven Jensen, Steve Schroer, And Shanan Wexler.

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Magic Bandit, The

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In Way Out West Broadway, seniortheatre.com    -

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5 min Single Play

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On-Line

Synopsis:
although John hangs dead from the ceiling of his small apartment, his computer program, annabelle, attempts to maintain the facade that he is still alive.

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This is An Act without Actors. None of the performers Appear live; they All Appear on video clips throughout the performance.

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Play/Drama

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Pre-Matrimonial Conversation

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Offstage Theatre, Charlottesville, Va    1990

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Rocks

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UNLV One act Festival Las Vegas, NV    1991

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Sacrament Of Meatballs

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New American Playwrights Project    1996

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Utah Shakespeare Festival

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Sea Wolf, The

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Hardcover Theater, Minneapolis, MN    2005

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Seasons

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Senior Theatre Conference, Las Vegas, NV    1993

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Sherlock Holmes: Murder At The Abbey Grange

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Upon arriving at the abbey Grange, Sherlock discovers that the crime is quite ordinary and far below his skills. Nevertheless, he finds a curious clue, and this small discovery leads to one of the most extraordinary cases in his distinguished career. The original short story is considered to be one of the best mysteries written by a. Conan Doyle.

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Hardcover Theater, Minneapolis, MN    2004

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Genre:
adaptation

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Shovel

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City Lights Theatre, San Jose, Ca    1994

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Something Wild

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UNLV One act Festival Las Vegas, NV    1991

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Under The Lamplight

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UNLV Senior Theatre    1992

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Weldings

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Brainerd Community College, Brainerd, MN    1992

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Young Lindy

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While Charles Lindbergh prepares to take off on his famous flight, he wonders if he really has the right stuff to fly to Paris.

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SteppingStone Theatre, St. Paul, MN    2003

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Youth Musical Youth audience

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Zombie Chick

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Actors' Showcase, Minneapolis, MN    2000

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Contained in: "Lucky 13: Short Plays about arizona, Nevada and Utah" published by University of Nevada Press 1995   978-0874172638

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