Mark Dundas Wood
Originally from Oregon, Mark worked as an arts journalist and teacher before moving to New York City in 1997. His early work as a theater journalist was at Willamette Week and The Oregonian. He received MFA degrees in creative writing (University of Oregon, 1989) and in dramaturgy (Columbia University, 2000).
In New York City, he has contributed reviews and articles to various publications both in print and online, including American Theatre, Back Stage, theaterscene.net, and The Clyde Fitch Report. He currently writes about cabaret at bistroawards.com and has served as an associate producer for the Bistro Awards show since 2022.
As a dramaturg and/or literary manager, Mark has worked for such companies as New Professional Theatre and the New York Musical Festival. He is currently literary manager for Broad Horizons Theatre Company in NYC. His articles have appeared in Prologue and Illuminations, publications of the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival. The Tragic Muse, his stage adaptation of the Henry James novel, was performed at New York City’s Metropolitan Playhouse as part of its Gilded Stage Festival in 2014.
In recent years, he has concentrated on lyric writing, “Too Much Love,” a song he wrote with composer Tracy Stark, received a Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) Award for Comedy/Novelty Song in 2026.
