Mark Medoff

Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. He was associated with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces for more than five decades, beginning in 1966, and held the title of Distinguished Achievement Professor. During his time there, he served on the faculty of three departments, co-founded the American Southwest Theatre Company, and was a founding member of the university's Creative Media Institute. He wrote more than 30 plays, many of which premiered in Las Cruces, NM .The main theatre in NMSU's Center for the Arts, was named after him and his wife, Stephanie Medoff, in 2013.

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