On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, and prior to the first reading of the play How They Wrestled Until Morning by playwright Mark E. Leib, I conducted an honest one on one interview with him at the American Stage Theatre Company in St. Petersburg, Florida. The purpose of this interview with Leib was to discuss his road as a playwright that as well as his plays. Although, the narrative is a bit long, it contains invaluable information for writers in all stages of their careers.
EAF: Well here we are Mark for the first question are you a native Floridian?
LEIB: I was born in Tampa General Hospital.
EAF: Tell us a little of your background?
LEIB: All right, I was born on Tampa. My father owns a department store in Ybor City, along with his brother and his father, and I grown up and went to public school in the Tampa Bay area. I went to Gorrie Elementary School, HP Plant High School; and then when I graduated from plant I was accepted at Harvard as an undergraduate. So, I knew that I loved writing, but I didn’t think you could make a living from it. My parents wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer. So I decided to major in government, which I thought would be useful for a pre-law major, but up there in New England, I discovered that some people were making a living as writers, and I changed my direction. So, even though I continued to be enrolled as a government concentrator, and I got a magna cum laude in government when I graduated, I was spending most of my time working
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