Mark St. Germain has written the plays FREUD’S LAST SESSION (Off Broadway Alliance Award), CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award) FORGIVING TYPHOID MARY, (Time Magazine’s “Year’s Ten Best”) and BECOMING DR. RUTH, the story of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. He’s written ELEANOR, starring Harriet Harris and RELATIVITY, starring Mike Nussbaum, as well as the plays BEST OF ENEMIES, EARS ON A BEATLE, SCOTT AND HEM, OUT OF GAS ON LOVER’S LEAP and FORGIVENESS. THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, originating at Barrington Stage Company, was subsequently produced in London, premiered at Barrington Stage Company as did his newest play, FORGIVENESS.
With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI, JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER and JACK’S HOLIDAY. Mark’s musical, STAND BY YOUR MAN, The Tammy Wynette Story, was created for Nashville’s Ryman Theater. With John Markus he
wrote the comedy with music, THE FABULOUS LIPITONES and with Josh Bergasse co-created the dance musical, A CROSSING.
Great Barrington Public Theater premiered his plays DAD and PUBLIC SPEAKING 101.
Mark wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of FREUD’S LAST SESSION which starred Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode. He co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard’s Warner Brothers film, DUMA. His play THE GOD COMMITEE has been made into a film with the same name. He directed and produced the documentary, MY DOG, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, and Glenn Close among others. Television credits include THE COSBY SHOW and Dick Wolf’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
His books include the comedic memoir WALKING EVIL and the thriller, THE MIRROR MAN.
He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writer’s Guild East and an Associate Artist at the Barrington Stage Company. Barrington Stage named their second stage “The St. Germain Stage.”