Playwright Mark Roberts became interested in the arts at an early age and started working at The Station Theater, a small local performing space in a converted train station in Urbana, Illinois. In his early twenties he moved to Chicago to pursue a career as an actor and writer, using stand-up comedy as a way to pay the bills. Comedy took him to Los Angeles, where Mark appeared on "The Tonight Show" several times, and that led to guest-starring roles on numerous television series, among them, "Seinfeld," "Friends," "The Practice," "The Larry Sanders Show," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," and the films “Next of Kin” and “Bulletproof.” He also worked as a series regular for three seasons on "The Naked Truth" with Tea Leoni. While working as an actor Mark wrote and produced several plays in Los Angeles, eventually catching the attention of writer-producer Chuck Lorre with his one-act comedy COUPLES COUNSELING KILLED KATIE at the Plymouth Theatre Company. He and Lorre created a pilot based on the stageplay and in 2004, when the Lorre-penned "Two And A Half Men" was picked up by CBS, Roberts was immediately hired as a producer and has been there ever since, rising to the level of Executive Producer. Roberts continues to return to the Station Theater to produce his original plays, which include WELCOME TO TOLONO, WHITEY, WHERE THE GREAT ONES RUN, and PARASITE DRAG. Several of his works have been picked up by Dramatists Play Service and published as acting editions. Roberts lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Teresa, and various four-legged freeloaders.
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