Mark Pracht

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.

​His short plays have been produced by Chicago companies like Strangeloop Theatre, and His full-length play NEON was presented by The Shelterbelt Theatre in Omaha, NE. Currently, he is working on "The Four-Color Trilogy," a series of plays about the history of the comic book industry. The first play in this trilogy, THE MARK OF KANE, was presented by City Lit Theatre in the Fall of 2022 to great acclaim.

He continues to seek out creative challenges and fulfilling collaborations.