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

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