Mark Governor’s rock musical shAme is in development for Broadway, with multiple Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall directing. Earlier versions of the show as a rock opera have been produced in Los Angeles, Boston and Berlin. Mark was also the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Los Angeles Rock Opera Company and is the co-composer and lyricist of the world music opera Possession: The Legend of El Rojo. He adapted and arranged Pete Townshendʼs A Quick One While Heʼs Away for stage performance and video and has several new music theater works in development. In 2021, Mark was the Music Producer for the virtual Broadway revival of Amour by Michelle LeGrand and Jeremy Sams.

Mark has received commissions for ten dance pieces from Modern Dance companies in California. He was the subject of a video documentary on his controversial anti-war dance composition, Peace By Piece, which won an Emmy award in 1993. His collaboration with director/choreographer Janet Roston of Gatsby Redux premiered at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2018.

THEATER & DANCE

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2019-2021
shAme – Broadway Musical (In Development)
Book, Music & Lyrics by Mark Governor
Produced by Art Lab and Showtown Productions

2019
Dusk – Multimedia Music and Dance Performance
A collaboration between Mark Governor, Hanif Wondir and Domini Anne
Monterey, CA

2018
Gatsby Redux –Multimedia Dance Performance
Music and Sound Design by Mark Governor
Directed and Choreographed by Janet Roston
Performed at Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

2016
Possession: The Legend Of El Rojo – Musical by Mark Governor & Marc Sambola (In Development)
Directed and Choreographed by Janet Roston

2014
Art & Soul –Multimedia Music and Dance Performance
Featuring Honey Noir
Choreography by Janet Roston,
Performed at SPIN at the Standard, Los Angeles

2012
Perseus at the Oki Dog – Punk Rock Musical collaboration with Janet Roston (In Development)

2011
A Quick One, While He’s Away
Stage adaptation of the Who classic rock opera

2008
shAme – A Rock Opera
Six week run at the King King, Hollywood, CA
Starring Katrina Lenk, Directed by Janet Roston

2001
The Scarlet Letter – A Rock Musical
Fiddlehead Theater, Boston
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
(Early version of the musical that is now titled shAme).

Mark Governor’s rock musical shAme is in development for Broadway, with multiple Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall directing. Earlier versions of the show as a rock opera have been produced in Los Angeles, Boston and Berlin. Mark was also the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Los Angeles Rock Opera Company and is the co-composer and lyricist of the world music opera Possession: The Legend of El Rojo. He adapted and arranged Pete Townshendʼs A Quick One While Heʼs Away for stage performance and video and has several new music theater works in development. In 2021, Mark was the Music Producer for the virtual Broadway revival of Amour by Michelle LeGrand and Jeremy Sams.