Mark has received commissions from regional theaters, universities, and producing organizations
across the country to compose, direct music, and create sound designs for classic, contemporary,
and new plays. For the past 15 years he has been working within communities to make theater
which gives expression to the diverse visions and underrepresented voices within our society.
Representative work includes Krasang Tree (Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Mnpls) a chamber opera
based on the writings of poet U Sam Ouer, developed through intergenerational outreach within the
Cambodian refugee community in Minnesota; God, the Crackhouse and the Devil (LaMama, NYC)
by Levy Lee Simon, featuring an original score for hip-hop jazz sextet; a Mardi-Gras adaptation of
Midsummer Night's Dream, commissioned by the University of Iowa, Crowns by Regina
Taylor (Capital Repertory, Albany, NY), Sarah Ruhl's, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator play,
and Stephen Adly Giurgis's Jesus Hopped the A Train (Brooklyn College), featuring original
music for dubbed piano, jazz, and percussion ensembles. In NYC, he has worked with such
companies as the The Women’s Project, Circle Rep, Circle East, Imua Theatre, LaMama, the New Federal
Theatre, and The Workshop Theatre. He recently won the 2012 Audelco Award for Best Sound
Design for his original music and design for Jeffrey Sweet's Court Martial at Fort Devens,
which was produced by the New Federal Theater in February 2012. His spoken-word musical,
Same Train, was featured at the 11th biennial National Black Theatre Festival in August
2011. A teaching artist for several NY and NJ arts producing organizations, including the
Brooklyn Arts Council, BAM, Roundabout Theatre and George Street Playhouse, Mr. Bruckner is
delighted to have this opportunity to work on this world premiere of Eric Courtney's The Service
Road with Ms. Finn and the talented faculty, students, and artists of the Adhesive Theater Project
and the New York City College of Technology.
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