marcus d. harvey

marcus d. harvey is an award-winning performer, writer, director, educator & cultural strategist. A proud first-generation college and graduate school graduate, he holds his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Brooklyn College, Master of Arts in Dramatic Writing for Social Change from New York University (NYU), and dual undergraduate degrees in Dramatic Arts and Performance Studies from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As an actor & director, he has worked with such companies as Lean Ensemble Theater, National Black Theatre, Triad Stage, The Old Vic (London), Playmaker's Rep, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, WAM Theatre, and TADA! Theatre, Fordham University, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, The Working Theatre, Lean Ensemble, Bloomsburg University, Bernards High School, Passage Theatre Company, Marymount Manhattan College, LaGuardia Community College, Potomac Theatre Project, The National Black Theatre, Luna Stage and Harlem 9.

As a writer, he has written three solo shows, homegrown, Are We Not Men? and baba: a black boy’s cry. He is currently at work on a play, a bright light, centered around suicide/depression and mental health in Black & Latin communities in Trenton, NJ. commissioned by Passage Theatre in Trenton, N.J.

Marcus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University. His specializations are acting, directing, solo performance, and black theatre. His work currently explores the question, “what does the black body do in white artistic spaces when the white rage is too much”?

Outside of the classroom, Marcus is an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging strategist, and consultant working to create spaces that have often excluded the marginalized.