Carol K. Mack

Poster for Without A Trace Sounds of Progress, Glasgow.

A Field Guide to Demons is a recent book read more about it.

Teaching:
In addition to being a writer, Carol K. Mack teaches fiction writing. In 2001, she taught a Master Class in Playwriting at the YMCA , Norwalk, Connecticut as part of her YMCA National Writer’s Voice Residency. She taught “The Comic Voice”, a fiction-writing workshop at Fordham University, New York City, Spring 2001. From 1985-1999, she has been a Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at New York University School of Continuing Education and also taught “World Myth: a workshop in Myth-informed fiction” at Tisch School of The Arts’ Graduate Dramatic Writing Program, New York University where she received her M.A. in Religious Studies in 1992.

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League of Professional Theatre Women NY

New Dramatists

Authors Guild

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Upcoming Productions:
SEVEN was presented at the 92nd Street Y in NYC on January 21. It has been translated into French and Swedish and performed in 2 countries thus far and will be seen on March 26 in New York City at the Skirball theatre, NYU For more details go to Sevenplay.org

Staged Plays (only premiere productions listed):
WITHOUT A TRACE. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, Directed by Gerda Stevenson. One month National Tour followed.
IN HER SIGHT, 21st Humana Festival, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, directed by Bob Scanlan.
THE ACCIDENT, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA., directed by Marcus Stern.
BORDERS, Denver Center for The Performing Arts, Directed by Roberta Levitow.
TERRITORIAL RITES, The American Place Theatre, Directed by Josephine Abady, Starring Kim Hunter and Michael Gross.
A SAFE PLACE, Berkshire Theatre Festival in Association with The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, Directed by Josephine Abady, starring Cynthia Nixon and Holly Hunter.
SURVIVAL GAMES, Berkshire Theatre Festival , Stockbridge, MA, Directed by Roger Danforth.
ESTHER, The White Barn Theatre Foundation, Westport, CT., Directed by Stuart Vaughan; Promenade Theatre, New York City, Directed by Joel Zwick, starring Dianne Wiest.

Short Plays staged (premiere productions):
POSTCARDS, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC, Directed by Joan Micklin Silver.
AFTER, Actors’ Theatre Of Louisville.
MAGENTA SHIFT, Theatre of the Open Eye, Directed by Amie Brockway.
A.K.A. MARLEEN, New York Open Center, Directed by Arnold Willens.

Staged Readings & Workshops:
THE COURIER, NewPowerPlays at West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles, August 2004, and EdgeFest, Los Angeles, October 2004
THE GLEAM, July 25, 2004, John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, East Hampton, Directed by Tony Walton
OUT OF FOCUS, Theatre Artists Workshop, Ct. One Act Festival, 2002.
A.K.A. MARLEEN & POSTCARDS, Producers' Club, N.Y.C.
UNPROGRAMMED, Theatre Artists Workshop, Westport, CT., Directed by Tom Zingarelli.
BORDERS, W.P.A. Theatre, N.Y.C., Directed by Pam Berlin, starring Stockard Channing; First Stage, L.A.; Fairfield University, Directed by Jim Luse.
MAGENTA SHIFT, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
GAZEBO, New England Theatre Conference, MA.
FAMILY HOUSE, New Dramatists, N.Y.C.

Plays Published:
THE COURIER, The Best American Short Plays, 2005-2006, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.
FLYING, Even More Monologues By Women for Women, Greenwood- Heineman, 2002.
AFTER, Ten-Minute Plays: Volume 5 from Actors Theatre of Louisville, Samuel French, 2001.
IN HER SIGHT, Humana Festival '97: The Complete Plays, Smith and Kraus, 1997.
MAGENTA SHIFT, Best American Short Plays Of 1994-1995, Applause, 1995.
UNPROGRAMMED, Best American Short Plays 1990, Applause, 1991.
POSTCARDS & OTHER SHORT PLAYS by Carol K. Mack, Samuel French.
HALFTIME AT HALCYON DAYS, Best Short Plays 1985, Chilton.
TERRITORIAL RITES, The Women's Project Anthology, Volume 2, P.A.J.

Honors:
THE VISITOR, recipient of a grant from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 2005
YMCA National Writer’s Voice Writer- in- Residence recipient
Rockefeller Foundation fellowship at Bellagio Conference Center, Italy
Jane Chambers Award Finalist
Theatreworks Playwrights' Forum Award University of Colorado
Julie Harris/Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Award
Sergel Drama Award Finalist
Susan Smith Blackburn Award Finalist
CBS/FDG Award Finalist
John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award
University of Jacksonville One Act Award
Stanley Drama Award

Other Publications:
A FIELD GUIDE TO DEMONS, FAIRIES, FALLEN ANGELS & OTHER SUBVERSIVE SPIRITS (with Dinah Mack), Arcade Publishing; Paperback: Henry Holt & Company (selected by the Quality Paperback Book Club also One Spirit Book Club Selection); Profile Books, London, 2008
THE CHAMELEON VARIANT (with scientist, Dr. David Ehrenfeld) Dial Press, 1980, Literary Guild Alternate selection) Paperback: Popular Library USA, Sphere, U.K., and Bastei Lubbe, Germany. 1981.
Short Fiction in MOMENT Magazine and recipient of a Literal Latte Short Story Award.

Professional Organizations:
P.E.N. American Center; Dramatists' Guild; Authors' Guild; League of Professional Theatre Women/ New York; Alumna, New Dramatists; Theatre Artists Workshop.

New Plays

SEVEN