Demo by Riley Gene
“But it was the dads that absolutely floored me. They're certainly written as very different men, but I don't think I've ever seen more distinctive and fully formed characters from those roles, not to mention hilarious…Emerson took the awkward but lovable nerd to a whole new level and made Harry a delight to watch…And all three, of course, have amazing voices.”
Jay Irwin - ‘Broadwayworld.com’
Mamma Mia! at Village Theatre June 9 - August 7, 2022
Photo by Angela Sterling
MARK EMERSON
Mark (he/him) was most recently seen as Albert Einstein in My Lord, What a Night at Taproot Theatre. National Tours: Andre/Auctioneer in The Phantom of the Opera (25th Anniversary Tour original cast). London: Prior in Angels in America (Lyric Hammersmith/UK tour). Regional: The Fantasticks, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Mamma Mia!; She Loves Me; Cinderella (Village Theatre); Sweeney Todd (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Merton in Merton of the Movies (Dorset Theatre); Zhivago & The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). TV: ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’. BS: Northwestern University; MFA: UCSD.
Member of Actors' Equity Association
Artistic Associate Emeritus at About Face Theatre in Chicago, IL
Board of Directors at Theatre Puget Sound from 2020-2024
NEWS:
Come see me as Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde at Village Theatre November 12, 2024 - January 26, 2025
I’m so honored to have some quotes featured in the brilliant book The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois which is an oral history of the groundbreaking play Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
MARK EMERSON (Prior at Headlong, United Kingdom tour, 2007): “I just knew instinctively that Prior’s very first scene with Louis was going to be the hardest to do. Because we had a history together at school, I think {director} Daniel Kramer knew that as a person I usually am the nice guy who wants to be well liked in every circumstance. I remember him saying to me one day, “You know, Mark, you can be a bitch. You’ve been a bitch, I’ve seen it.” That was really eye-opening to me. I do have that inside of me!” - (page 384)
