Marc Palmieri attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina on a full athletic scholarship after being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 Major League Baseball amateur draft. He graduated in 1994 with a B.A. in Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts with a Minor in Drama. In 2004 he received his M.A. in Creative Writing at The City College of New York.
Marc’s stage plays, Poor Fellas,Carl the Second and Levittown all premiered in New York City and are published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Portions of Carl appear in Smith & Kraus’ The Best Stage Monologues for Men 2002 and The Best Stage Scenes of 2002. The opening scene of Levittown is published in The Best Stage Scenes of 2007 (Smith & Kraus, Inc. 2008)
In 2003 he was awarded the Jerome Lowell DuJur Award in Creative Writing by the English Department at the City College of New York.
Marc played the lead role in the critically acclaimed feature film Too Much Sleep directed by David Maquiling and released by Shooting Gallery in 2001. The film was nominated for a 2002 Independent Spirit Award. On stage he has worked with directors such as Nagle Jackson, Will Pomerantz, Randy Sharp, George Demas, James Dodding and Barry Edelstein. National commercials include Heineken, Pizza Hut, Burger King, ESPN, Nike, Fleet Bank and, most recently, Verizon, Macy's and Toyota (all currently airing).
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Marc recently made his directorial debut at the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival with Mark Mirsky's Mother Hubbard's Cupboard at the SoHo Playhouse.
Marc recently appeared in Deloss Brown's The Sheik at Medicine Show Theatre in Manhattan. Click here for a review by nytheatre.com
Marc wrote his first screenplay in 1995. The film,Telling You, was acquired and distributed by Miramax Films after premiering at the 1998 Hollywood Film Festival.
The movie stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Richard Libertini, Peter Facinell and recently aired on Comedy Central (12/07).
Marc is a member of Axis Company in NYC and a founding member of whatmanwhatcar Theatre Company. He currently teaches Playwriting, Creative Writing, Shakespeare and World Humanities in the English Department of The City College of New York. Marc is a member of Actors' Equity Association, The Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, and The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY.
