Mark-Eugene Garcia

Mark-Eugene Garcia, a Mexican/Honduran playwright and member of the Dramatists Guild. He graduated from the City College of New York and studied libretto and lyric writing with the Academy of New Musical Theatre and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Some of his productions include Eight Tales of Pedro (Queens Theatre, Secret Theatre), Standby (NYC Fringe, Fringe Encores, NYMF), Shining in Misery: A King-Size Parody (Capital City Theatre, 54 Below) The Holy Cows of Credence South Dakota, Facing East: A New Musical, and (Un)missed Connections. Other works include With Bated Breath, and What Friends Are For. His plays are published with Theatrical Rights Worldwide and Next Stage Press and can be found at the Drama Book Shop. Some of his achievements include the 2021 Jerry Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the 2018 UnFringed Festival Best of Festival Award, a 2016 Vancouver Ovation Award nomination, a 2013 Planet Connections Outstanding Book of a New Musical nomination, and the 2012 Jacob Weiser Playwriting Award for a Fully Realized Drama. His song, Hold Tight, written with Jaime Lozano and performed by Grammy Nominee Raul Midon, is part of the Songs by an Immigrant album and was called “heartbreaking” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who contributed to the liner notes. He is also known for reliving his high school theatre production of Into the Woods on ABC TV’s reality show Encore! hosted by Kristen Bell. More at @storytellermg