Superhero (a ten minute play)

by Mark Harvey Levine

Have you been ignored, insulted, discarded all your life? You may be a Superhero.

"A touching riff on personal fear"
Wenzel Jones, Backstage West

"Levine moves beyond ample laughs to make a poignant point about the everyday courage to be yourself."
Michael Grossberg, Columbus Dispatch

Have you been ignored, insulted, discarded all your life? You may be a Superhero.

"A touching riff on personal fear"
Wenzel Jones, Backstage West

"Levine moves beyond ample laughs to make a poignant point about the everyday courage to be yourself."
Michael Grossberg, Columbus Dispatch

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James Binz: Superhero (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine

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A true smile bringer. Touching and believable characters, strong story and exciting finish. If clothes make the man...

A true smile bringer. Touching and believable characters, strong story and exciting finish. If clothes make the man...

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Cheryl Bear: Superhero (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine

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A fantastic piece about finding the power within, awakening to tap into your higher self. Your inner superhero, wonderful!

A fantastic piece about finding the power within, awakening to tap into your higher self. Your inner superhero, wonderful!

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Steven G. Martin: Superhero (a ten minute play) by Mark Harvey Levine

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"Superhero" is quite funny, but it's more resonant than a one-note joke. Levine allows his characters moments of doubt, self-confidence, silliness, and power. Lots of great lines but also lots of action and visuals.

"Superhero" is quite funny, but it's more resonant than a one-note joke. Levine allows his characters moments of doubt, self-confidence, silliness, and power. Lots of great lines but also lots of action and visuals.

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RACHEL: 20's-60's, a little neurotic
LEONARD: slight, 20's - 30's, believes himself to be a superhero.

Production History

Type Community Theater, Organization Shell Point Players, Fort Myers, FL, Year 2025
Type High School, Organization Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, NE, Year 2025
Type Professional, Organization Madlab Theatre, Columbus, OH, Year 2025
Type Professional, Organization Teatro do Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, BRAZIL, Year 2025
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Cat, Bucharest, ROMANIA, Year 2025
Type Community Theater, Organization Lofte Community Theatre, Manley, NE, Year 2024
Type High School, Organization El Dorado High School, Placentia, CA, Year 2024
Type Professional, Organization 2th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival, Columbus, OH, Year 2024
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Cat, Bucharest, ROMANIA, Year 2024
Type Professional, Organization Washington Street Players, Holliston, MA, Year 2024
Type High School, Organization Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH, Year 2023
Type Professional, Organization Club 529, Attica, GREECE, Year 2023
Type Professional, Organization Studio Players, Lexington, KY, Year 2023
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Cat, Bucharest, ROMANIA, Year 2023
Type Professional, Organization XFade Productions, Various Cities, IA, Year 2023
Type Community Theater, Organization Not Your Average Theater Group, Sunrise, FL, Year 2022
Type High School, Organization Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, OH, Year 2022
Type Community Theater, Organization 4 Community Theatre (4CT), Maple Plain, Rockford and Delano, MN, Year 2021
Type High School, Organization Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody, MA, Year 2021
Type High School, Organization Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, NE, Year 2019
Type Professional, Organization New Short Play Festival, New York, NY, Year 2019
Type Professional, Organization The Colac Players, Inc., Victoria, AUSTRALIA, Year 2019
Type Community Theater, Organization Panhandle Community Theatre, Pensacola, FL, Year 2018
Type Professional, Organization Actors Workout Studio, North Hollywood, CA, Year 2018
Type Professional, Organization The Theater At Hollywood And Vine, Plymouth, MA, Year 2018
Type Community Theater, Organization Cohasset Dramatic Club, Cohasset, MA, Year 2017
Type High School, Organization The Bancroft School, Worcester, MA, Year 2017
Type Professional, Organization Best of Pick Of The Vine, Little Fish Theatre Company, San Pedro, CA, Year 2017
Type Professional, Organization La Chinchilla MX, Mexico City, MEXICO, Year 2017
Type Professional, Organization 시파 (See Far Project), Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, Year 2017
Type University, Organization Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, Year 2017
Type University, Organization Capital University, Columbus, OH, Year 2017
Type University, Organization Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, Year 2017
Type University, Organization Northwestern University, St. Paul, MN, Year 2017
Type High School, Organization Carmel High School. Carmel, NY, Year 2016
Type High School, Organization West Delaware High School, Manchester, IA, Year 2016
Type Professional, Organization Hi5 Entertainment, Bangalore, INDIA, Year 2016
Type Professional, Organization Saarthak Productions, Bangalore, INDIA, Year 2016
Type Professional, Organization The Brockley Jack Studio, London, ENGLAND, Year 2016
Type Professional, Organization Young Storyteller Project, Los Angeles, CA, Year 2016
Type High School, Organization Archbishop Hoban High School Akron, OH, Year 2015
Type High School, Organization Bishop Hartley High School, Columbus, OH, Year 2015
Type High School, Organization Kent Denver School, Englewood, CO, Year 2015
Type High School, Organization South Mountain High School, Phoenix, AZ, Year 2015
Type Professional, Organization Hi5 Entertainment, Bangalore, INDIA, Year 2015
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Down South, Parañaque, PHILIPPINES, Year 2015
Type University, Organization California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, Year 2015
Type High School, Organization Cape Henry Collegiate, Virginia Beach, VA, Year 2014
Type High School, Organization Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA, Year 2014
Type High School, Organization South Walton High School, Seaside, FL, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Actors Theatre Playhouse, West Chesterfield, NH, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Ballard Underground, Seattle, WA, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization BolderLife Festival, Denver, CO, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Changing Scene Northwest, Bremerton, WA, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Cold Basement Dramatics, Chicago, IL, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Drama For The Masses, Bucharest, ROMANIA, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Oh Dragon Theatre Co., Austin, TX, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Pop-Up Theatre / 15 Minute Play Festival, Seoul and Incheon, SOUTH KOREA, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization St. Petersburg City Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL, Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Down South, Parañaque, PHILIPPINES, Year 2014
Type Community Theater, Organization PLAYFEST III, Cashiers, NC, Year 2013
Type High School, Organization Hilliard Bradley High School, Hilliard, OH, Year 2013
Type High School, Organization The Selwyn School, Denton, TX, Year 2013
Type High School, Organization Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth, TX, Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Accidental Theatre, Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND, Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Brewster Theatre Company, Brewster, NY, Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Elephant Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA, Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Ticket 2 Eternity Productions, New York, NY, Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Touch Me Philly Productions, Philadelphia, PA, Year 2013
Type Community Theater, Organization Mt. Vernon/Lisbon Community Theatre, Mt. Vernon, IA, Year 2012
Type High School, Organization Colorado Springs Conservatory, Colorado Springs, CO, Year 2012
Type Professional, Organization 36th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, New York, NY, Year 2012
Type Professional, Organization Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, Bremerton, WA, Year 2012
Type Professional, Organization Madlab Theatre, Columbus, OH, Year 2012
Type Professional, Organization Provisional Theatre, Tubingen, GERMANY, Year 2012
Type University, Organization Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Year 2012
Type University, Organization Drury University, Springfield, MO, Year 2012
Type University, Organization Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH, Year 2012
Type Fringe, Organization Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, Year 2011
Type High School, Organization All Saints Episcopal School, Fort Worth, TX, Year 2011
Type High School, Organization Kent Denver School, Englewood, CO, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Artists Exchange, Providence, RI, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Cary Players, Cary, NC, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Minnesota Shorts Play Festival, Mankato, MN, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Neo Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Year 2011
Type Professional, Organization Play De Luna, Winter Park, FL, Year 2011
Type University, Organization Columbia College, Columbia, SC, Year 2011
Type University, Organization Niagara University. Lewiston, NY, Year 2011
Type Community Theater, Organization Mt. Vernon/Lisbon Community Theatre, Mt. Vernon, IA, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Artists Exchange, New Bedford, MA, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Artists Exchange, Providence, RI, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Madlab Theatre, Columbus, OH, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Pausa Companhia, Touring, BRAZIL, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Sweet & Tart Productions, New York, NY, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Unleashed, Los Angeles, CA, Year 2010
Type University, Organization King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Year 2010
Type High School, Organization Hazel Green High School, Hazel Green, AL, Year 2009
Type High School, Organization Woodland Hills High School, Pittsburgh, PA, Year 2009
Type High School, Organization Woodward Academy, Atlanta, GA, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Athens Theatre, Deland, FL, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Pausa Companhia, Touring Paraná State, BRAZIL, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Pensacola Little Theatre, Pensacola, FL, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Stagecrafters, Royal Oak, MI, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization TheatreRats, New York, NY, Year 2009
Type University, Organization Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Year 2009
Type University, Organization King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Year 2009
Type University, Organization Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, Year 2009
Type University, Organization Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO, Year 2009
Type University, Organization Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Cafe Theatre, Montclair, NJ, Year 2008
Type Professional, Organization Compass Theatre, San Diego, CA, Year 2008
Type Professional, Organization In Players, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS, Year 2008
Type University, Organization McLennan College, Waco, TX, Year 2008
Type University, Organization University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Year 2008
Type Professional, Organization Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY, Year 2007
Type Professional, Organization Pausa Companhia, Curitiba, Paraná BRAZIL, Year 2007
Type Professional, Organization Quo Vadimus Productions, New York, NY, Year 2007
Type High School, Organization Edison Sr. High School, Milan, OH, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Boston PlaySlam Boston, MA, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Colonial Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Devanaughn Theatre Company, Boston, MA, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Fusionworks, Inc., Reading, MA, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Pausa Companhia, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Poco Loco Players, Grants, NM, Year 2006
Type Professional, Organization Acme Theatre Company, Maynard, MA, Year 2005
Type Professional, Organization DramaWorks Studio Theatre, Dublin, GA, Year 2005
Type Professional, Organization Pausa Companhia, Curitiba, Paraná, BRAZIL, Year 2005
Type Professional, Organization Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, Year 2005
Type Professional, Organization Theatre@First, Somerville, MA, Year 2005
Type Professional, Organization American Globe Theatre, New York, NY, Year 2004
Type Professional, Organization Theatre Neo, Los Angeles, CA, Year 2004
Type Professional, Organization Cedar Lane Stage, Chevy Chase, MD, Year 2003
Type Professional, Organization Insurgo Theater Movement. Anaheim Hills, CA, Year 2003
Type Professional, Organization Little Fish Theatre Company, San Pedro, CA, Year 2003
Type Professional, Organization Love Creek Productions, New York, NY, Year 2003
Type Professional, Organization Vital Theatre Company, New York, NY, Year 2003
Type Professional, Organization ZJU Theatre Group, North Hollywood, CA, Year 2002

Genre

comedy,

romantic comedy

Subject Matter Keywords

superhero,

real-life superheroes

Length

ten minutes,

10-30 minutes

Cast Size

Age of Intended Audience

all ages

Reviews

The Columbus Dispatch

“
Levine moves beyond ample laughs to make a poignant point about the everyday courage to be yourself.
”
Backstage West

“
a touching riff on personal fear
”
Providence (RI) Phoenix

“
The hit of the evening is the closer, Superhero, by Mark Harvey Levine.
”
The Off-Off Broadway Review

“
Playwright Mark Harvey Levine was apparently rocketed to earth from the planet Krypton, since his mastery of comic-book dialogue is so complete.
”
Inkblots Magazie

“
both touching and side-splittingly funny. A must-see
”