Mark Pracht was raised in the mountains near Colorado Springs, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Nebraska, Kearney. He has been a proud member of the Chicago theatre and creative community since 2001 as an actor, director, and playwright.
Favorite roles include Harlan "Mountain" McClintock in Requiem for a Heavyweight with The Artistic Home, for which he received the 2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Performer in a Principal Role. Also McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Open Eye Productions, Milt Shanks in The Copperhead with City Lit Theatre, Lanfield in Blizzard ’67 at 16th Street Theatre (2017 Equity Jeff Nomination for Best Ensemble), and Frank in The School for Lies also at The Artistic Home.
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He continues to seek out creative challenges and fulfilling collaborations.
Selected Theatrical Resume
The Crucible
Invictus Theatre
Chicago, IL
John Proctor
Written By Arthur Miller
Directed By Charles Askenaizer
May 11-June 11, 2023
Vanya on the Plains
The Artistic Home
Chicago, IL
Karl
Written By Jason Hedrick
Directed By Kayla Adams
September 15-October 27 2019
Requiem for a Heavyweight
The Artistic Home
Chicago, IL
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
Written By Rod Serling
Directed By John Mossman
February 17- March 31 2019
(2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award Recipient– Performance in a Principal Role)
Rock 'N Roll
The Artistic Home
Chicago, IL
Milan/Ensemble
Written By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Kathy Scambiatterra
October 7- November 18 2018
Prometheus Bound
City Lit Theatre
Chicago, IL
Prometheus
Aeschylus translated by Nicholas Rudall
Directed by Terry McCabe
October 7- November 18 2018
School For Lies
The Artistic Home
Chicago, IL
Frank
Written By David Ives
Directed By Kathy Scambiatterra
July 2- August 13, 2017
Blizzard '67
16th Street Theatre
Berwyn, IL
Lanfield
Written By John Steinhagen
Directed By Ann Filmer
January 12 – March 11, 2017
(2017 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award Nominee– Best Ensemble)
Scarcity
Herb
Redtwist Theatre
Chicago, IL
The Seedbed
Thomas
Redtwist Theatre
Chicago, IL
Golden Boy
Tom Moody
Griffin Theatre Co.
Chicago, IL
Pygmalion
Alfred Dolittle
Stage Left Theatre/Bohemian Theatre Ens.
Chicago, IL
Frankenstein
The Creature
City Lit Theatre
Chicago, IL
The Petrified Forest
Lineman #2/Sheriff
Strawdog Theatre
Chicago, IL
The Copperhead
Milt Shanks
City Lit Theatre
Chicago, IL
Dashiell Hamlet
Harry Teal
City Lit Theatre
Chicago, IL
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Randall P McMurphy
Written By Lucy Thurber
Directed By Cody Estle
September 7 – October 9, 2016
Written By Bryan Delaney
Directed By Steve Scott
June 18 – July 17, 2016
Written By Clifford Odets
Directed By Johnathan Berry
February 15 – April 6, 2014
Written By George Bernard Shaw
Directed By Vance Smith
January 5 – February 10, 2013
Mary Shelly adapted by Bo List
Directed by Terry McCabe
September 28 – November 4, 2012
Written By Robert Emmet Sherwood
Directed By Shade Murray
February 23 – March 31, 2012
Written By Augustus Thomas
Directed by Kathy Scambiatterra
April 8 – May 15, 2011
Written By Mike Nussbaum
Directed by Mike Nussbaum
September 12 – October 26, 2008
Ken Kesey adapted by Dale Wasserman
Directed by Christopher Maher
July 6 – August 11, 2007
Open Eye Prod.
Chicago, IL