Marc is a is a New York and Dublin-based director, originally from Ireland and Catalonia. Recent work includes the critically-acclaimed and extended production of The Beacon by Nancy Harris (off-Broadway: Irish Rep) starring Kate Mulgrew; the first major revival of Tony Winner Enda Walsh’s Bedbound (Galway International Arts Festival; Olympia Theatre, Dublin) starring Colm & Brenda Meaney; Tempesta by Deirdre Kinahan (Cork Midsummer Festival) starring revered Irish musician Steve Wickham; Constellations by Nick Payne & Beginning by David Eldridge (The Gate Theatre, Dublin); That Little Village Near Perm (Theatre Aspen); Little Gem by Elaine Murphy, starring Marsha Mason (Irish Repertory, Off-Broadway NYC/Outer Critics’ Circle Award), Hamlet starring Ruth Negga (Gate Theatre & St. Ann’s Warehouse, NYC - Associate Director); Outlying Islands by David Greig (Connelly Theater, NYC & Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin); Wall (Druid Theatre - Development) & Last Night in Inwood by Alix Sobler (Signature Theater Studio, NYC).

Marc co-founded the company Sugarglass whose work has been presented internationally, including the Irish Premiere of Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley (Project Arts Centre, Dublin), All Hell Lay Beneath (Irish Times ‘Cultural Highlight of the Year’), Five Minutes Later by Ellen Flynn (The Lir, Dublin) and Ethica: Four Shorts by Samuel Beckett which was presented in the residence of the Irish President to celebrate International Human Rights Day (Krastyo Theatre, Bulgaria; Happy Days Festival, Enniskillen; Áras an Uachtaráin).  

Associate/Assistant Director credits include working with Anne Bogart at SITI Company; Selina Cartmell at the Gate Theatre; Daniel Fish at BAM and COIL Festival; Joe Murphy and Lisa Dwan at The Old Vic & Abbey Theatre; and Ivo van Hove at Toneelgroep Amsterdam and the Rhurtriennale Festival. 

Marc, in partnership with his collaborator Molly O’Cathain was recently awarded the Irish Arts Council’s Arts Grant Funding to produce a slate of productions in 2025. With Dónal McKeating, he runs the McKeating Award: a bursary prize awarded annually to an emerging directing talent in Ireland. Marc works with The Lir Academy (Ireland’s National Academy for Drama and Theatre) and chairs the judging panel to select the award winner. He also regularly teaches as a Visiting Artist at Trinity College Dublin.

Marc’s work has been critically acclaimed by publications across the world, including The New York Times, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Stage, The Times, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent and Gazeta Wyborcza.

Marc was the first winner of the Jennifer Johnston Directing Bursary and, as Shubert Presidential Scholar, received his MFA in directing under the mentorship of Anne Bogart at Columbia University.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

The Beacon - Off-Broadway: Irish Rep. Starring Kate Mulgrew. “A first-class production” Wall Street Journal. “A very smart production of a fascinating play” - Laura Collins Hughes, New York Times.

Tempesta - Cork Midsummer Festival: Touring. “Five Stars … profound and poignant” The Irish Times.

Bedbound - First major revival of Enda Walsh’s Bedbound. Galway International Arts Festival and Olympia Theatre, Dublin. Starring Colm & Brenda Meaney. “The 50 Best Productions in the UK & Ireland 2023” - The Stage.

UPCOMING

Three Sisters - In a new adaptation by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Baba in Graceland - Independent Short Film written by Melis Aker and starring Laith Nakli

The Misanthrope - In a new adaptation by Helen Haye’s nominee Matthew Minnicino

A new play written by Melis Aker