in other news that reminds me of you...xodinary_girlSeptember 1 2005, 18:20:27 UTC
There is hope -- Mark Van Wye -- At Amherst College, he majored in English, minored in Neuroscience, and founded the still thriving improvisational comedy group, Mr. Gad’s House of Improv. By senior year, he was writing, acting, directing and producing plays, singing bass in an a cappella group and finally getting the girl. A decade later he returned to Massachusetts for an MFA in Playwriting at Smith College, an all-girls institution. There he made a great first impression by immediately being cast in the role of the incestuous child molester Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive. His photo appeared on the poster all over campus where it was scrawled with the word “asshole.” He never knew if it referred to him, Uncle Peck or men in general.
Ever curious and mildly unstable, Mark has lived in many cities around the U.S. and abroad and undertaken myriad jobs, including: elementary school teacher on Vashon Island; nude model in San Miguel de Allende; gypsy moth researcher for the U.S. Forestry Dept.; breadbaker at The Black Sheep Café in Amherst; drama teacher for the Vuntut Gwich’in natives of Old Crow, Yukon, in the Arctic Circle; fine art consultant in Beverly Hills; after-school program developer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; close quarters combat instructor for the Brazilian Special Forces; cookware salesman; computer consultant; and, yes, writer.
His plays have been performed in Hollywood, Seattle, Massachusetts, and South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa. He has performed with a number of theater groups, including New Theatre in Coral Gables, New Century Theatre in Amherst, and Augusto Boal’s Invisible Theatre in Rio de Janeiro. He most recently appeared in Cidade dos Homens, the sequel to City of God, playing an American tourist. And he can also swallow fire. FOR MORE ABOUT MARK'S WRITING: click here
Ever curious and mildly unstable, Mark has lived in many cities around the U.S. and abroad and undertaken myriad jobs, including: elementary school teacher on Vashon Island; nude model in San Miguel de Allende; gypsy moth researcher for the U.S. Forestry Dept.; breadbaker at The Black Sheep Café in Amherst; drama teacher for the Vuntut Gwich’in natives of Old Crow, Yukon, in the Arctic Circle; fine art consultant in Beverly Hills; after-school program developer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; close quarters combat instructor for the Brazilian Special Forces; cookware salesman; computer consultant; and, yes, writer.
His plays have been performed in Hollywood, Seattle, Massachusetts, and South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa. He has performed with a number of theater groups, including New Theatre in Coral Gables, New Century Theatre in Amherst, and Augusto Boal’s Invisible Theatre in Rio de Janeiro. He most recently appeared in Cidade dos Homens, the sequel to City of God, playing an American tourist. And he can also swallow fire. FOR MORE ABOUT MARK'S WRITING: click here
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