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Mark is a Denver native, married with three children. He has had a dozen world premieres of his original plays at such theaters as Red Rocks Community College, Theatre on Broadway, and the Changing Scene Theatre. His holiday play, The Dividing Tree, has been published by Encore Performance Publishing. He is the past president of the Colorado Dramatists, a non-profit organization with over 100 members. He is a founding member of Write Angle Productions. For information on any of the plays listed below, contact Mark Ogle by clicking here. |
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| THE DIVIDING TREE
Published 1996 Newly formed, mixed-religion family celebrates Hanukkah and Christmas at the same time. |
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| SCIURINE
Produced 1991 Retired military man draws family and neighbors into personal war against squirrels living in his garage. |
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| UNCOMMON COLD
Staged Reading 1997 Alternate world where young woman destined for greatness is sentenced to death instead, following an untimely sneeze. |
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| PLAYING THE DEEP
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Stage Reading 1995 Strong-willed drama teacher in private San Francisco high school helps class cope with a student's sudden death. |
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| COST OF INNOCENCE
Staged Reading 1992 Socially-inexperienced man, in love with college friend, confronts her promiscuous teen sister, and their dysfunctional parents. |
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| LAST RITES
Staged Reading 1987 Lonely man from Chicago knocks heads with best friend and becomes infatuated with his friend's new wife. |
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| One Act Plays | |
| FIVESQUARE Production 1996 (Science fiction comedy) Changing Scene Theater Summerplay festival In a society where schizophrenia is the
norm, woman creates conflict by |
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| CULTIVATING
REGRET Production 1994 (Realistic drama with comedy) Changing Scene Theater Summerplay festival Two women, best friends from college,
meet on Boulder mall, reflect on |
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| INTERMISSION Production 1991 (Non-linear drama with Changing Scene Theater poetry and dance) Summerplay festival Old alcoholic priest and young man with
AIDS, share unifying visions |
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| RIGHTEOUSNESS
BOILS Staged Reading 1997 (Non-linear poetic drama) Tivoli building Write Angle Productions Three otherwise disconnected couples share circumstantial and thematic connections on a specific March day and evening. |
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| THE ICE CREAM
MAN Staged Reading 1993 (Absurdist comedy/drama) San Francisco Playwrights Center Staged Reading 1990 Auraria Campus Theater Thirteen year old boy besieged by
fundamentalist parents has late night |
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| INTERVIEW Staged Reading 1989 (Realistic drama with comedy) Eulipions Theater Colorado Dramatists Woman turns table on disturbed man masquerading as psychology professor. |
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| REINVENTING FLAME
Production 2003 (Realistic drama with comedy) Morrison Theater Company Colorado Quickies 9 Middle-aged businessman and young,
flighty woman compare life crises. SAM WANTS CHINESE FOOD Unique three-way relationship descends
into dysfunction over dinner HOLLOW EVE Teenage girl takes Halloween frustration
out on mother and two of her HIGHLY SUGGESTIBLE Inexperienced hypnotist takes female
friend on bizarre mental THAT FOGGY NIGHT Bickering couple on lonely road encounter
tiny sperm-stealing alien. REUNITED Mother finds son in seedy hotel, haunted
by ghost of young girl he has SUBSANTA Disenchanted mall Santa, who is a
Jehovah's Witness, is replaced by WAITING TO WIN Man obsessed with winning lottery,
alienates family on night before LOST AND FOUND Choreographed struggle between right
brain and left brain. INK WEARY Editor of Bi-Monthly Global Gazette
scrambles for impossible stories. DON'T THROW THE CHEESE Man's forgotten bag of groceries wins 1st
prize in modern art contest . THIN LINES OF POWER Wheelchair-driving Vietnam vet offers cocaine to blue collar bus driver. |
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