Hello and welcome to the home page of New York actor and singer Mark Peters.

You can view my headshots and résumé below and I've linked some of the theatres, stars and directors on my résumé to other informative sites. Eventually my site will contain additional links that I find useful and informative, related to politics, lifestyle, shopping on line, etc. Perhaps you, gentle reader, will find something of use here as well.

Photos by Glenn Jussen

What I call my “buzz” shot. Later in the session I shaved my head, aka the “bald” shot.

Somewhat older photos of me, also shot by Glenn Jussen, a few years before I shaved my head: my smile shot, serious, industrial, and what I call interesting. It doesn’t really look like me and I sort of channel Donald Moffat in the picture, but I’ve always liked it.

Here's the hot-linked HTML version of my résumé, somewhat out-of-date, but with some interesting links. It will be updated fully in the future, when we will all have more spare time! Eventually, it will be a hot-linked mini-biography of every damn thing I’ve ever done, in curriculum vitae style. In the meantime, here are two .pdf versions of reasonably current résumés; the first is used for live theatre project submissions and the second for film and television.

 

I am about to open in a production of a wonderful new opera by Evan Hause, entitled Man: Biology of a Fall. This is the final part of Hause’s Defenestration Trilogy, true stories of American defenestrations, i.e., murder/assassination by throwing the victim out of a high window, a rather sinister type of killing, popular in the city of Prague and elsewhere. MBOAF is about the murder of Frank Olson, a scientist involved in early Cold War research on chemical and biological weapons of warfare, including the use of live human test subjects. It’s a fascinating story and Hause and his librettist, Gary Heidt, have assembled a compelling work of art. Hause’s website has information about the trilogy as well as his other works: well worth a visit. You will also find links to some of the wonderful singers who act and actors who sing, and with whom I have the pleasure to perform.

BTW, I’m the bad guy, George White, Olson’s possible assassin, or um… defenestrater… (is that a word??)

Performances run October 4th through the 7th at the Kumble Theatre, Long Island University in downtown Brooklyn across Flatbush Ave. from Brooklyn’s famous Junior’s Restaurant.

Here's an excerpt of a review for a production of The Country Girl, by Clifford Odets at the now closed Fleetwood Stage in New Rochelle, NY. Lewis Arlt and Gene Minkow, producers, with Minkow directing. My mother did not write this…


From the Westchester-Rockland Journal News:


Minkow's ace in the hole is Mark Peters as Frank. Peters gives a thoughtful, measured performance that drags him into the depths but ultimately sees him through to the other side.

Peters takes us along with him — from uncertain actor summoned by the director for a cold reading to the out-of-town tryout and the demons that await him to opening night in New York-with assuredness and a commanding grasp of the material. His Frank has been through a lot and, at the end of the night, we have been, too.

Peters' performance is worth the price of admission. Watch him take this ride. It's a performance you won't soon forget.