It’s open enrollment for a special class with playwright Carter W. Lewis. Whether you’ve written a dozen plays or are thinking of starting your first, this is a chance to learn some tricks of the trade from the author of The Storytelling Ability of a Boy.

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About the Playwright...

Carter W. Lewis is a freelance playwright, currently serving as Playwright-in-Residence at Washington University. Prior to that he was Literary Manager & Playwright-in-Residence for The Geva Theatre Center in New York. He is the winner of several national playwriting awards including: The Julie Harris Playwriting Award, The State Theatre’s Best New American Play Prize, The Cincinnati Playhouse Rosenthal New Play Prize (’96 & 2001), The New Dramatist Playwriting Award (’01), The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Award (’03) and he is a two time nominee for the American Theatre Critics Award. His published works include Art Control, A Geometric Digression of the Species, Soft Click Of A Switch, An Asian Jockey In Our Midst and The One-Eyed Man Is King. Other plays by Carter W. Lewis include The Storytelling Ability of a Boy, Golf With Alan Shepard, Women Who Steal, Men on the Take, While We Were Bowling, Longevity Abbreviated for Those Who Don’t Have Time, American Storm, Kid Peculiar, Civil Disobedience and Ordinary Nation (2008 winner of the New Times Award for Best New Play). His new play, Evie’s Waltz received its world premiere at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and was awarded The Kevin Kline Award for Best New Play of 2008. Carter lives in St. Louis with his dog, Bucket, but is very happy to leave home for his home away from home – Florida Stage!

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