Mark-Eugene was born in Arcadia, CA and grew up in Covina, CA. Growing up playing Flute, Tenor Saxophone and Base Clarinet, he was well versed in music. As a teenager he began to study drama and eventually musical theatre. Deciding to focus less on performance and more on writing, Mark-Eugene began to study playwriting and musical theatre writing. The journey led him to New York City where he would once again fall into acting. As of 2016, he balances theatre writing and film performance on both coasts. Mark is part of the original cast of ABC's Encore! with Kristen Bell. Mark's film roles include Bliss . His works have been presented in The New York International Fringe Festival, The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, New York Public Library Lincoln Center, The Puzzle: Marble's Festival of New Works, ANMT's Festival of New Musicals, Untucked: LBGT One Act festival, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Disney's Hyperion Theatre, and The Colony Theatre Burbank. He has also contributed material to Broadway's Epic Fail at NYMF.
Moved to New York to write musical theatre as a book-writer/lyricist.
Appears on the Jenny Craig website in a "This is My Jenny" interview, backstage on their latest commercial, speaking of his own weight loss.
Graduated from CCNY with a Major in Theatre with Minor in Creative Writing.
He is terrified of Bees and Wasps.
Former Vegetarian.
He is of Mexican and Honduran descent.
