Mark Crawford (playwright)
Canadian theatre actor and playwright
Mark Crawford is a Canadian theatre actor and playwright. He is best known for his plays, The Birds and the Bees (2016) and The New Canadian Curling Club (2018), which have been widely produced across Canada.
Personal life
Crawford is from Glencoe, Ontario, where he grew up on a farm. He graduated from the joint theatre and drama studies program offered by University of Toronto and Sheridan College in 2004.
Crawford is the partner of playwright and actor Paul Dunn.
Career
Acting
In 2011, Crawford played the dual role of Craig Donner / Grady in a production of The Normal Heart by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. He reprised his role when the production was remounted the following year at the same venue, due to popular demand.
In 2014, Crawford played Mr. Gilmer and Boo Radley in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird by the Young People's Theatre in Toronto.
In 2022, Crawford was cast in the Canadian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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