Bill’s plays have been produced by The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, The InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia, The San Diego Rep, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Salt Lake City Acting Company, the Actors Theatre of Charlotte, the International Theatre Festival in Israel, the Stadt Theater Walfischgasse in Austria, the Jewish Theatre of Toronto, The Bloomington Playwright’s Project, the Detroit Rep, the New York City Fringe Festival, the Civic Opera House in downtown Chicago, the Durban Performing Arts Center in South Africa, and over 100 other theatres worldwide.
Samuel French, Playscripts, Heuer publishers and Next Stage Press have published Bill’s plays. He has won numerous playwriting contests and awards including a Rolling Premiere from the National New Play Network, the Reva Shiner Comedy Award, Larry Corse Prize for playwriting, the Mill Mountain Theatre's Festival Of New Plays, The Greenhouse Festival Of New Plays, and the Bay Area Critics Award for best production in San Francisco. In addition Bill has been a finalist at the Eugene O’Neill.
In addition Bill is a Hollywood screenwriter. He was a staff writer on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads (Paul Reiser) and was a freelance writer for the NBC show Fresh Prince Of Bel Air (Will Smith). He also wrote the 100th episode of the NBC sitcom Amen (Sherman Hemsley).In addition he sold a movie to Ron Howard’s Imagine Films and optioned another to Filmways. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA and is a member of the WGA.
He has co-authored four books, including: Naked Playwriting (Silman/James), Playwriting: From Formula To Form (Harcourt Brace), Screenplay: Writing The Picture (Silman/James), and The Art of Theatre (Wadsworth). The Art of Theatre is now in its 3rd edition and required reading at over 100 universities. Screenplay: Writing the Picture is also in its 3rd edition and was recently published in Warsaw, Poland.
Mr. Perfect
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Theater
by Salt Lake Acting Company
Playwright
Mad Gravity
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Theater
by The Bards Theatre
Playwright
Mad Gravity
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by The Flying H Group Stage
Playwright
Women Playing Hamlet
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Theater
by Harrisburg Shakespeare Company
Playwright
Women Playing Hamlet
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Theater
by New Theatre, Miami
Playwright
Women Playing Hamlet
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Theater
by Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City
Playwright
Mad Gravity
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Theater
by Bloomington Playwrights Project
Playwright
Kosher Lutherans
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Theater
by HotCity Theatre, St. Louis
Playwright
The Exit Interview
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Theater
by Charlotte Actors Theatre
Playwright
The Exit Interview
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Theater
by Salt Lake Acting Company
Playwright
Screenplay: Writing The Picture (3nd Edition)
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Print
by Published by Silman/James
Writer
The Exit Interview
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Print
by Samuel French
Playwright
The Exit Interview
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Theater
by The InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia
Playwright
The Exit Interview
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Theater
by The San Diego Rep
Playwright
The Art of Theatre:
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Print
by Wadsworth
Writer
A Doll House (play adaptation)
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Theater
by Next Stage Press
Adaptor
Headset, A view from the light booth (Play)
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Print
by Heuer Publishing
Playwright
Forgiving John Lennon
Theater
by University at Buffalo, Buffalo
Playwright
Finalist @ The Eugene O'Neill
(2015)
Finalist @ The Eugene O’Neill
(2013)
The Reva Shiner Comedy Award @ Bloomington Playwrights Project
(2013)
Rolling Opening @ The National New Play Network
(2013)