Produced by The Shotgun Players. From Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Directed by Mark Jackson & Beth Wilmurt. Scenery Mikiko Uesugi. Lights Ray Oppenheimer. Costumes Alice Ruiz. Sound Sara Witsch. Properties Devon LaBelle. Starring Nathaniel Andalis, Gabby Battista, Amanda Farbstein, Sam Jackson, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, and Billy Raphael. Photos Robbie Sweeny.

KILL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS! KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL THEM OFF! played March 21 to May 4, 2019, at The Shotgun Players.

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Music & Lyrics Tom Waits. Text William S. Burroughs. Concept Robert Wilson. Directed by Mark Jackson. Music Director Dave Möschler. Set Sean Riley. Lights Allen Willner. Costumes Christine Crooke. Sound Matt Stines. Live Sound TD Anton Hedman. Properties Devon LaBelle. Performed by Rotimi Agbabiaka, El Beh, Elizabeth Carter, Kevin Clarke, Steven Hess, Grace Ng, Noelle Viñas. With the Hex Pistols: Jacy Burroughs, Travis Kindred, Dave Möschler, Josh Pollock, and Carolyn Walter.

Named by KQED.ORG among "The Best Bay Area Theater of 2017."

The Black Rider played at The Shotgun Players from November 9 2017 through January 21 2018.

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Written by Edward Albee. Directed by Mark Jackson. Set Nina Ball. Sound Sara Witsch. Costumes Ashley Holvick. Lights Heather Basarab. Properties Kirsten Royston. Performed by Josh Schell, David Sinaiko, Megan Trout, and Beth Wilmurt. Photos Jessica Palopoli.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? played at The Shotgun Players October 12 2016 through January 17 2017.

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Mark Jackson. Set Nina Ball. Sound Matt Steins. Costumes Christine Crook. Lights Heather Basarab. Properties Devon LaBelle. Performed by El Beh, Kevin Clarke, Nick Medina, Cathleen Riddley, David Sinaiko, Megan Trout, and Beth Wilmurt. Understudy Caleb Cabrera. Photos Pak Han.

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HAMLET played at The Shotgun Players March 31 2016 through January 22 2017.

A multimedia physical theater piece about embarrassing things, created and performed by Megan Trout and me. NOW FOR NOW had its first public outing at Z Space, San Francisco, July 9-26 2015. The second outing was at the BLAST Theatre Festival, Berkeley, February 27-29 2016. 

Photos Pak Han and Tracy Martin.

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Written by Anne Carson. Directed by Mark Jackson & Hope Mohr. Set Design Nina Ball. Light Design Stephanie Buchner. Costume Design Christine Crook. Sound Design Theodore J.H. Hulsker. Properties Design Kirsten Royston. Performed by Kevin Clarke, Monique Jenkinson, Rami Margron, Parker Murphy, David Sinaiko, Kenny Toll. Understudies Soren Santos & Megan Trout. Photos Pak Han and Jay Yamada.

Antigonick played at The Shotgun Players March 25 to May 3 2015.

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Written by Adam Peck. Directed by Mark Jackson. Starring Joe Estlack and Megan Trout. Scenery Robert Broadfoot. Video Micah Stieglitz. Sound Matt Steins. Costumes Ashley Rogers. Lights Jon Tracy. Props Carla Fuji. Photos Pak Han.

Bonnie & Clyde played at The Shotgun Players August 27 to September 29 2013.

Produced by Aurora Theatre Company
Adapted from Max Frisch's The Firebugs by Alistair Beaton
Directed by Mark Jackson. Scenery Nina Ball. Costumes Christine Crooke. Lights Stephanie Buchner. Sound Matt Stines. Props Mia Baxter.

The Arsonists played at Aurora Theatre Company from April 11 to May 12 2013.

Photos David Allen

Commissioned & Produced by Aurora Theatre Company. Written & Directed by Mark Jackson. Performed by Madeline HD Brown, Kevin Clarke, Alex Moggridge, Anthony Nemirovsky, Mark Anderson Phillips, Marilee Talkington, and Liam Vincent. Choreography by Chris Black. Scenery Nina Ball. Costumes Callie Floor. Lights Heather Basarab. Sound Matt Stines. Props Mia Baxter.

SALOMANIA played at Aurora Theatre Company from June 15 to July 29 2012.

The script for SALOMANIA is published by EXIT Press and available for production here.

Photos David Allen

Produced by The Shotgun Players. Directed by Mark Jackson. Musical Direction Dave Möschler. Music & Lyrics Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Adapted from the Georg Büchner play by Ann-Christin Rommen, Wolfgang Wiens, and Robert Wilson. Scenery Nina Ball. Costumes Christine Crook. Lights Clyde Sheets. Sound Teddy Hulsker. Props Shannon Walsh.

Woyzeck played at The Shotgun Players from November 29 2012 to January 27 2013.

Commissioned & Produced by The Shotgun Players. Written & Directed by Mark Jackson. Songs composed by Daveen Digiacomo. Underscoring created by Travis Kindred and Josh Pollock. Scenery Nina Ball. Costumes Christine Crook. Lights Heather Basarab. Props Jacquelyn Scott.

GOD’S PLOT played at The Shotgun Players from December 1 2011 to January 29 2012.

The script for GOD'S PLOT was published by EXIT Press in 2012 and the latest draft is available for production here.

Photos Pak Han

Produced by Aurora Theater Company. Adapted from Kafka by David Farr and Gísli Örn Gardarsson. Directed by Mark Jackson. Scenery Nina Ball. Costumes Christine Crook. Lights Clyde Sheets. Sound Matt Stines. Performed by Madeline H.D. Brown, Alex Crowther, Patrick Jones, Allen McKelvey, and Megan Trout.

Metamorphosis played at Aurora Theatre Company from June 10 to July 24 2011.

Photos David Allen

Produced by Z Space. Conceived by Beth Wilmurt. Directed by Mark Jackson. Scenery and costumes Nina Ball. Lights Gabe Maxson. Sound Jake Rodriguez. Props Jacquelyn Scott. Performed by Chris Kuckenbaker, Jake Rodriguez, and Beth Wilmurt.

The Companion Piece played at Z Space from January 18 to February 13 2011.

Photos Pak Han and James Faerron

The projects I've done with students count among the most artistically fulfilling experiences I've had making theater. Student artists are hungry, energetic, open, and brimming with new ideas. Their sense of freedom is infectious and inspiring. They don't know "the rules" yet, and I always hope for their sake they never learn them! Unencumbered by expectation, they explode with possibilities. I suspect I learn at least as much from working with them as I hope they do from working with me.

Little Erik, Aurora Theatre Company, 2016

The Letters, Aurora Theatre Company, 2014

Mary Stuart, The Shotgun Players, 2010

Faust Pt1, The Shotgun Players, 2009

Miss Julie, Aurora Theatre Company, 2009

Macbeth, The Shotgun Players, 2008

Yes Yes to Moscow, San Francisco International Arts Festival, 2008, and Deutsches Theater Berlin, 2007.

American $uicide, Encore Theatre Company, 2007

The Forest War, The Shotgun Players, 2006

Salome, Aurora Theatre Company, 2006

German Chancellor Fellowship, Berlin, 2004/05

Most of this work was produced by Art Street Theatre, of which I was the founding artistic director from 1995 to 2004. Other producers include Encore Theatre Company, EXIT Theatre, Potrzebie Dance Project, and The Shotgun Players.

Video Index:
0:00 – Introduction
0:08 – Little Extremes 1995
0:18 – Salome 1996
0:30 – R&J 1996 & 1997
2:35 – Brave 1998
3:16 – Bang! 1999
4:52 – Messenger #1 2000
7:06 – The Lost Plays of Jacques du Bon Temps 2000
8:38 – Io Princess of Argos! 2001
8:56 – I Am Hamlet 2002
10:54 – Io Princess of Argos! 2002
13:35 – The Ecstasy of Saint Whatshername 2003
14:56 – The Death of Meyerhold 2003
17:12 – Credits

The plays BANG!, BRAVE, THE DEATH OF MEYERHOLD, I AM HAMLET, LITTLE EXTREMES, MESSENGER #1, and R&J are included in the volume TEN PLAYS, published by EXIT Press in 2010 and available at Amazon.com