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Mark Medoff Biography (1940-)

Full name, Mark Howard Medoff; born March 18, 1940, in Mount Carmel, IL; sonof Lawrence R. (a physician) and Thelma Irene (a psychologist; maiden name, Butt) Medoff; married Vicki Eisler, 1967 (divorced); married Stephanie Thorne,June 29, 1972; children: Debra Ann, Rachel Celeste, Jessica Lynn. Addresses: Office: Department of Drama, New Mexico State University, Box 3072, Las Cruces, NM 88001.; Agent: Gilbert Parker, William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Playwright, director, actor

Birth Details

March 18, 1940

Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, First Chicago Center Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1974
• Also directed productions of Waiting for Godot, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Welland Living in Paris, The Birthday Party, and One Flew Over theCuckoo's Nest.
• Stage Appearances
• Teddy, When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, First Chicago Center Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1974
• Also appeared as Andrei Bolkonski, War and Peace; Marat, Marat/Sade; Pozzo, Waiting for Godot; Harold Gorringe, Black Comedy; and Bro Paradock, A Resounding Tinkle.
• Film Appearances
• Faith healer, When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, Columbia, 1979
• Sergeant Tiegher, Off Beat, Buena Vista, 1986
• Dr. Stevens, Clara's Heart, Warner Bros., 1988
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Bruce Cohn) Good Guys Wear Black, American Cinema, 1978
• When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, Columbia, 1979
• Off Beat, Buena Vista, 1986
• (With Hesper Anderson) Children of a Lesser God (based on the stage play by Medoff), Paramount, 1986
• Clara's Heart, Warner Bros., 1988
• The Majestic Kid, 1988
• City of Joy, TriStar, 1992
• Also author of screenplays The Bad Boys, Free, Captain Suntan Rides Again, Fourth Fury, Bully, Last Wish, Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms, and Deception.
• Stage Plays
• Doing a Good One for the Red Man, produced in Las Cruces, NM, 1969
• The Froegle Dictum, produced in Albuquerque, NM, 1971
• The Kramer, produced at American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1972 later at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1973 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
• The Wager, produced at H. B. Playwright's Foundation Theatre, 1972later at Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1974 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1975
• War on Tatem, produced in Las Cruces, 1972
• When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, produced at Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, then at Eastside Playhouse, both 1973 later at First Chicago Center Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1974 published with short play Home Movie by Dramatists Play Service, 1974
• (With Carleene Johnson) The Odyssey of Jeremy Jack, produced at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1974 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1974
• Four Short Plays (includes Doing a Good One for the Red Man, The Froegle Dictum, The War On Tatem, and The Ultimate Grammar of Life), published by Dramatists Play Service, 1974
• The Wager: A Play in Three Acts, with Two Short Plays: "Doing a Good One for the Red Man" and "The War on Tatem," published by J. T. White, 1976
• The Conversion of Aaron Weiss, produced at Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1977
• The Firekeeper, produced at Kalita Humphreys Theatre, Dallas, TX,1978
• The Halloween Bandit, produced at PAF Playhouse, New York City, later at Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, both 1978
• The Last Chance Saloon, 1979
• Children of a Lesser God, produced at New Mexico State University,Las Cruces, later at Longacre Theatre, New York City, both 1980 published byJ. T. White, 1981 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
• Kringle's Window, produced in 1985 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1993
• The Homage That Follows, 1986
• The Hands of Its Enemy, produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center, New York City, 1986 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
• The Majestic Kid, produced at Joyce Theater, 1988 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1981 revised edition, 1989
• The Heart Outright, produced at Westbeth Theatre, 1988 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
• Stumps, 1989
• Big Mary, produced in 1989 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
• The Hero Trilogy (includes When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, The Heart Outright, and The Majestic Kid), published by Smith, Gibbs, 1989
• Television Movies
• Apology, HBO, 1986
• Radio Plays
• "The Disintegration of Aaron Weiss," Earplay, Minnesota Public Radio, 1977
• Other Writings
• (With Jake Eberts) City of Joy: The Illustrated Story of the Film,foreword by Lapierre, Newmarket Press, 1992
• Dreams of Long Lasting (novel), Warner, 1992
• Contributor to periodicals, including Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Journal of Teachers of English, Dramatics, Reader's Digest, and New York Times Magazine.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Detroit Free Press, November 29, 1974
• Esquire, October, 1975
• Newsweek, November 4, 1974
• New York, April 14, 1980
• New Yorker, April 14, 1980
• New York Times, December 19, 1978 February 9, 1979 March 31, 1980
• Time, April 14, 1980