Writer. Actor. Storyteller.
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Mark-Eugene Garcia is a Chicano playwright, storyteller, and theatre-maker, blending cultural legacy, and theatrical grit in every work. A 2026 Outrage Queer Fellowship, 2025 Candela Playwright’s Fellow and a 2025/2026 Resident Artist at FRIGID New York, he is a member of the Dramatists Guild and a graduate of the City College of New York. He honed his craft in book and lyric writing with the Academy of New Musical Theatre and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
Productions include EIGHT TALES OF PEDRO (The Secret Theatre, Queens Theatre) SHINING IN MISERY: A KING-SIZE PARODY (Capital City Theatre, 54 Below, The Other Palace) GOAT BLOOD (Frigid NYC, Theatre Rhinoceros), WITH BATED BREATH- formerly UP IN THE AIR! (Frigid NYC) STANDBY (Towle Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival- Encores Selection, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Next Link Selection), THE HOLY COWS OF CREDENCE SOUTH DAKOTA (Planet Connections Theatre Festival, Puzzle Theatre Festival) FACING EAST: A NEW MUSICAL (Jericho Arts Center) and UNMISSED CONNECTIONS (Planet Connections Theatre Festival) Other Plays include FLAKE OF SNOW, WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR , ONE NIGHT AT THE GOLDEN BOOT, INSCRIPTIONS, and KEYS.
Mark-Eugene's performing career includes reuniting with his high school friends in the Original Cast of ENCORE! on ABC with Kristen Bell, starring in Encore's Pilot Episode of Into the Woods, and playing Detective Mark Besim on Sidekick Productions' DEMON DOCTOR. He also has recurring roles as Simon on SKELETON CREW and Skylar in THE ART OF BLOWING IT.
His stage work spans from New York to California with roles in INTO THE WOODS (The Baker, ABC Television), THE UNDERPANTS GODOT (Mark), THE SLOPPY ABANDON OF EXCAVATED LOVE (Kelvin) and A STRANGE AND SEPARATE PEOPLE (Jay Berman). Mark-Eugene has contributed as a dramaturg with the New York Musical Theatre Festival and worked with productions such as "TEMPLE OF THE SOULS," "EMOJILAND," "ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPACE," and "KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS."
His stage work spans from New York to California with roles in INTO THE WOODS (The Baker, ABC Television), THE UNDERPANTS GODOT (Mark), THE SLOPPY ABANDON OF EXCAVATED LOVE (Kelvin) and A STRANGE AND SEPARATE PEOPLE (Jay Berman). Mark-Eugene has contributed as a dramaturg with the New York Musical Theatre Festival and worked with productions such as "TEMPLE OF THE SOULS," "EMOJILAND," "ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPACE," and "KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS."