About Mark Stolzenberg
Actor
Mark Stolzenberg starred in the feature film comedy,
Luggage of the Gods, which was directed by David Kendall, producer and
writer for ABC/s hit
Growing Pains.. He was a principal in
Tom Selleck's film,
Her Alibi, was a regular character on the
Robert Klein Television Show, and was one of the lead
roles in the feature film
Breakfast in Bed, which
appeared on HBO, SHOWTIME and CINEMAX.
Mr. Stolzenberg has made several appearances on the
David Letterman Show.
and on ABC's
All My Children. Most recently
he played a leading role in the feature film
The Dry Season and
a principal role on CBS's series,
Dellaventura.
In addition, Mr. Stolzenberg has appeared as a principal character in over
twenty-five national television commercials.
Circus Performer, Mime and Comic Actor
Mr. Stolzenberg has toured as a clown with the
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
and placed fifth in the world in the First International Street Performer Festival which
took place in Shizuoka, Japan. Mark was the Artistic Director of New York's
Northwind Circus
and, as a clown, he has opened for Henny Youngman and Phyllis Diller. He makes
regular appearances in Atlantic City and was recently invited to give stage performances
in Beijing, China. He has also performed as a mime and comic actor with the
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Writer, Producer and Director
Mr. Stolzenberg has produced many Off Off Broadway plays, including
Silent
Fantasies at the Theater of the Open Eye,
Strange Encounters
at the Theater Studio Inc, and
Toccata at the Bond Street Theater.
Mr. Stolzenberg co-wrote and stars in the stage show,
Pierrot
& Pirouette, which he co-produced Off Broadway at the
Ballroom Theater in New York
City and most recently in
Lincoln Center. He has also performed
his one-man show,
The
Seven Husbands of Harriet Goldberg, at the
Palace Theater
at Times Square.
He has written the feature length screenplay,
A Clown in New York,
which was a finalist with the
Sundance Institute Screenwriter's Lab.
In addition, he has written three theater books which have commanded international
distribution.
His most recent production is the short film,
My Father the Clown.
Watch for the feature film,
Maximum Fun, currently in development.
Teacher
Mr. Stolzenberg teaches
Acting for Film and Television
at the
New School for Social Research in New York City, and
at his own
Acting Class
for Film and Television.
He was a graduate fellow at New York University, where he created a program
called
Learning to Read Through Mime, culminating in
a production at the Guggenheim Museum.
Mr. Stolzenberg has received grants from New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs and
New Jersey's Festival of Music to produce and perform
theater programs in schools.