..."Far more rare is the performer who, by virtue of talent, training or, more likely, both, shows us what real acting looks like. If you've been wondering about the difference between excellent and average, there is a live demonstration going on in the American Stage production of "I Am My Own Wife," starring Mark Chambers...The San Francisco-based actor has performed with American Stage a number of times, but it's hard to imagine another role showcasing his abilities as well as that of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf...Again and again, Chambers is able to make us forget the superficial evidence of our eyes (that same black dress and kerchief he wears throughout the play) and hear only a certain person speaking, at a specific moment in time..."— Amanda Henry, Tampa Tribune, 7/28/05.

..."What makes this collection of consternation work are the performances of Mark Chambers and ... Both assume multiple roles and genders, and the wonderful thing is that each role is so beautifully detailed and believable that the portrayal yanks the character out of the stereotype that might have been presented by less accomplished artists. To watch these two create a town full of oddballs is a real treat. The gift we get from Chambers ... is a multi-layered development of personalities much richer than we came expecting to see..."— Dick Maxwell, Gainesville Sun, 12/2/04.

..."The show is unusual in that you have an actor playing a character playing an actor. Let me explain. Actor Mark Chambers is playing Groucho Marx, who is Henry Schlemmer, owner of an almost bankrupt hotel in South Florida in the l920s... Mark Chambers has mastered Groucho’s sloping walk and lecherous looks, and has captured his vocal qualities..."— Dick Kerekes, Entertaining U, 07/22/04.

..."The best thing to happen to theatre in North Florida in the last few years is when Mark Chambers more or less made Florida his second home. Anytime he is in a Hippodrome show, it is worth the trip to Gainesville just to see this dynamic actor in action..."— Dick Kerekes, First Coast Entertainer, 09/04/03.

..."and Chambers are brilliant actors who never miss a beat..."— Arline Greer, Gainesville Sun, 09/05/03.

..."Mark Chambers plays Tony Whitcomb, a swinging barber whose characterization of an uninhibited gay man is funny from start to finish. (Chambers is so funny, he probably could read the telephone book for two hours and keep audiences laughing.)..."— Arline Greer, Gainesville Sun, 06/13/03.

..."at the epicenter of this comic earthquake is Wilde's fabled invention, Lady Bracknell. It's worth the price of admission just to see Mark Chambers..." — Joanne Milani, Tampa Tribune, 2/7/03.

..."the standout is Mark Chambers as Lady Bracknell. Chambers, a former American Stage regular returning after a long absence, has always made a specialty of playing female characters. His last American Stage role was as a drag queen in a strange one-person version of A Tale of Two Cities. There's not a bit of campiness in his portrayal of the matriarchal busybody. He's almost too good. Lady Bracknell is offstage during the first half of Act 2, and there's a sense that the play is just biding its time until she returns..." —Marty Clear , St. Petersburg Times, 2/4/03.

..."Mark Chambers, the rubber-faced comic actor, whom many will remember for his comical interpretation in The Hippodrome's past seasons' productions of "A Tuna Christmas," is on hand to play Sedaris' alter ego, who takes on the elf job when he can't find other employment. Chambers is a funny performer who uses slapstick and broad physical moves to express the comedy of "SantaLand." ...Chambers has many funny moments in Sedaris' spoof of Christmas commercialism. He changes into his elf costume shimmying to traditional striptease music. He springs athletically from a small trampoline up to the big red throne. He informs the deaf kids that Santa has a brain tumor with an expression of such wicked glee on his face, he makes you laugh when you think you shouldn't...." —Arline Greer, Gainesville Sun, 12/2/02.

BATBOY: THE MUSICAL

..." One of the musical's hightlights, the revival meeting, is a show in itself with talented Mark Chambers whooping it up as Reverend Hightower. When Chambers' Hightower leads the congregation in making "A Joyful Noise," he's irresistible..." —Arline Greer, Gainesville Sun, 10/25/02.

... "Mark Chambers is back after a couple of seasons' absence and he plays three roles: a police inspector, a Hindu and a pilot. He comes across with comedy like Johnathan Winters, but Chambers is a great singer as well. In the program, Chambers lists many of the shows he has done, but he left out two of the best roles he ever performed, the leads in "Rocky Horror Show", and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Both were done at the Hippodrome in Gainesville..." —Dick Kerekes, First Coast Entertainer, 06/29/02

SONG OF SINGAPORE

..."Chambers is amazing when it comes to creating memorable characters, and he can add four more to his repertoire. As Inspector Kurland, he is equally creepy and funny at the same time..." —Matthew MacDermid, Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Review, 06/20/02

SONG OF SINGAPORE

..."Mark Chambers performs a variety of roles, including the buffoonish Inspector Kurland... Chambers has a wonderful slapstick talent and an astonishing vocal range..." —Morris Sullivan, News-Journal Online, 6/16/02.

..."This year, the two-man play features Mark Chambers and Terry Sneed, both making their Actors Theatre debut. The production is demanding for actors, with Chambers playing nine characters and Sneed portraying 10. Both are exemplary, creating distinctive personas that, while broadly drawn, are familiar to everyone..." —Dave Davis, Louisville Eccentric Observer, 11/14/01.

..."This 90-minute non-stop musical is being performed by Mark Chambers, who blew away Gainesville a couple of seasons ago in "The Rocky Horror Show" and is doing it again in Hedwig..." —Dick Kerekes, First Coast Entertainer, 5/01.

..."...and Mark Chambers, who play the witches, slither and slide among the vapors... They make a dramatic foursome, with Chambers doing especially fine work. ..." —Arline Greer, Gainesville Sun, 3/9/01.

..."The acting was phenomenal, especially noting Mark Chambers' neurotic Freud ..." —Jessica Arnold, Independent Florida Alligator, 10/26/00.