Mark Rafael is a writer and teacher and actor. He has been a
member of the PlayGround acting company for the past three years.
His Bay Area appearances include Jihad Jones and the
Kashalnikov Babes and ReOrient Fest for Goldenthread
Productions, Ted Kaczinski Killed People with Bombs,
Schrodinger's Girlfriend, and Joe
Goode's Body Familiar for the Magic Theatre as
well as The Best of Playgrounds 9&11, and has even
appeared in the Bay Area Playwrights' Festival. He has
also appeared regionally at Yale Repertory, American Stage, Wisdom
Bridge, and Northlight Theatre among others. Filme and Television
credits include Titanic, Star Trek Voyager,
The Practice, Babylon 5, and Wings and
most recently in NBC's Trauma. He received a BA
from Brown University and an MFA from Yale University. His book,
Telling Stories: A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting
Techniques has recently been published by Smith and
Kraus.
