Mark Troy has had over 45 major plays produced around the world including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Australia, Scotland, and The Philippines.

 

   Produced, New York; Desperation (Samuel French Short Play of the Year), The Plot (Winner Riant Play Festival Week 1), Jewel Avenue (Writer’s Theater), Aggravation (Theatre-Studio), Produced, Los Angeles; Paging Dr. Chutzpah, (Sidewalk Studio Theatre),Tsuris (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Belladonna's of the Court (Five Valley Theatre League Awards including Best New Comedy, and published by Brooklyn Publishers), The Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park (Renegade Theater), Peking Duck (Next Stage), One Man’s Devotion (The Rose Theatre). Produced; Century Village Boca, The Proposal, Birdy (All finalists at The Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival), Balloon (Chicago Dramatist Short Play Winner), Getting You Bupkus, The Misguided Production, and Shiksa, (Malibu International Play Festival), Everyone I know (Los Angles Play Festival Winner), Sister Snell (Boston), How To Marry Your Stalker, (Harrogate, England), and Man on the Mountain – a World Premiere in Vancouver, British Columbia. Troy is the winner of the Claire Donaldson Prize for Playwrighting with his play Afterpiece. His play The Plot is being published (Smith & Kraus) Best Play for Two Characters, 2007, and his play Join The Club and Sister Snell, Best Play for Three or More Characters, 2008.

    In film, Mark has projects in development at Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and MGM.  He has worked with Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robin Williams. Mark wrote  an early draft of the The Guru with Heather Graham. His new feature Kid Friendly is being produced by Willie Kutner. And he is working on a feature Sweepstakes with producer John Fogel. Mark also does script doctoring for many film and TV shows. He also wrote the cult classic Zipperface. The independent feature he co-wrote, Driving Me Crazy starring Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Celeste Holm, Louise Lasser, Dick Cavett and Maxine Bahns, is in production.

    Mark has taught/lectured at Harbor College, Gettysburg College, Queens College, Learning Tree University, Universal Studios, Learning Annex, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Temecula Film Festival, Flatland Writer’s Conference, the Burbank Schools, and many theater groups around the country. He is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild of America.