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WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS |
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William Missouri Downs holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of Illinois and an M.F.A. in screenwriting from UCLA. He was trained in playwriting at the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York and has authored over a dozen plays, includingInnocent Thoughts, the winner of the National Playwright's Award; Jewish Sports Heroes and Texas Intellectuals, which took first place at the Mill Mountain Theatre's Festival Of New Plays; and Kabuki Medea,which won the Bay Area Critics Award for best production in San Francisco and the Jefferson Award for best production in Chicago. His latest play Seagulls In A Cherry Tree is the winner of the Larry Corse Prize for playwriting and was produced at the 2006 Orlando Shakespeare Festival's PlayFest. Mr. Downs has had nearly 100 productions from New York to Singapore and from Israel to South Africa, including LORT theatres like the Kennedy Center and the Berkeley Rep. He is a full voting member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Downs is co-author of the books Screenplay: Writing The Pictureand Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft and The Life Laid Bare(Silman/James). His latest books areExperiencing the Art of Theatre and The Art of Theatre -- Then and Now(Wadsworth). In Hollywood, Mr. Downs wrote for such NBC sitcoms as My Two Dads (starring Paul Reiser), Amen (starring Sherman Hemsley), and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (starring Will Smith). He also won the Jack Nicholson Award for screenwriting and sold the movie Executive Privilege to Tri-star. After many years in Manhattan and Hollywood, Mr. Downs now enjoys living in the wide-open spaces of Wyoming.
Plays by William Missouri Downs
Books On Tape | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vintage Theatre, Denver | 06 Apr 2011 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127034 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Adrienne is obsessed with "bodice-rippers" on audio book. She is having an affair with Jeffrey who works at the shop where she buys or rents them. She is introduced to a church where the priest "mixes and matches" various bits from all religions to bring in a congregation | |||||
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Cockeyed | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Louis: Hotcity Theatre | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69716-6 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104060 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Phil, an average nice guy, is madly in love with the beautiful Sophia. The only problem is that she's unaware of his existence. He tries to introduce himself but she looks right through him. When Phil discovers Sophia has a glass eye, he thinks that might be the problem, but soon realizes that she really can't see him. Perhaps he is caught in a philosophical hyperspace or dualistic reality or perhaps beautiful women are just unaware of nice guys. Armed only with a B.A. in philosophy, Phil sets out to prove his existence and win Sophia's heart | |||||
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Dead White Males: A Year in the Trenches of Teaching | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #53186 | |||
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Genre: | 110-120 min Dark Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 4 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | Meet Janet, a rookie history teacher who goes from idealist to burnout as she fights insidious internal politics in her effort to truly affect her students. During her tenure Janet learns how to write a proper self-evaluation, censor musicals, and cultivate paranoia in a system dominated by constant accountability and deep corruption. When Janet's mentor has a nervous breakdown while being forced to teach creationism, Janet is called to testify against her, and then something even more tragic occurs in this biting satire of the public school system. | |||||
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Forgiving John Lennon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Repertory Theatre, Detroit | 31 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127035 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | At a small liberal arts college a student on the campus radio says that there is a new rule henceforth all Muslim scholars must wear an identification badge so that they can be identified. He was joking - but the ramifications grow and grow | |||||
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Innocent Thoughts | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78222 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A Jewish anthropologist is called in as an expert witness in a murder trial. The accused a white police officer is alleged to have murdered and buried a black man twenty years previously. The witness is surprised to find that the defence lawyer is black | |||||
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Kosher Lutherans | ||
| 1st Produced: | University of Wyoming Summer Theatre | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69715-9 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104061 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Kosher Lutherans centers on Hanna and Franklyn, the seemingly perfect couple who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are unable to do so. As the couple begins to wonder if they'll ever become parents, they have a chance encounter with a God-fearing pregnant girl from Iowa who offers to let the couple adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. Just before the adoption papers are signed, Hanna and Franklyn discover the girl is unaware that they are Jewish. Knowing the revelation could throw a ratchet into the whole works, the couple poses as Lutherans to appeal to the girl's apparent Midwestern sensibilities. But how far are they willing to go to have a family? | |||||
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M Word, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Basin College, Columbia | 14 Nov 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127036 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Buster a talented High School pupil struggles with a broken heart and how being gay fits in with his conservative upbringing | |||||
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Shelf Life of Sushi, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Source, 1835 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009 >>> | 14 June 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115501 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Notes: | part of The Source festival | |||||
Synopsis: | A comedy about the dead and where they should be buried. | |||||
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