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Charles Evered (born November 12, 1964) is an American playwright and director. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Evered grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey, the fifth child of Marie and Charles Evered. is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. ... Map highlighting Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ...


Evered received his B.A. from Rutgers-Newark, and his M.F.A from the Yale School of Drama, where he studied with Academy Award winning director George Roy Hill. As a playwright, Charles Evered is known for such plays as: The Newark campus of Rutgers University was formerly known as the University of Newark, which was merged with Rutgers in 1946 by an act of the New Jersey legislature. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ...

  • Running Funny
  • Billy and Dago
  • The Size of the World
  • Traces
  • The Shoreham
  • Wilderness of Mirrors
  • Clouds Hill
  • Celadine
  • Ted's Head
  • Adopt a Sailor

many of these plays are available from Broadway Play Publishing Inc. New York publisher and licensor of stage rights of new American plays, founded in 1983. ...


Actors he has worked with include: William Fichtner, Liev Schreiber, Amy Irving, Luke Perry, Austin Pendleton, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Waterston, Eric Stoltz, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Mary Stuart Masterson, David Harbour, Jack Klugman, Wendy Rolfe Evered, Leslie Lyles, Michael Countryman, Scott Cohen, Louis Zorich, Olympia Dukakis, Rita Moreno, Frank Whaley, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Ron Livingston, Josh Fardon and Michael Nouri. William Edward Bill Fichtner (born November 27, 1956 in East Meadow, New York) is an American actor. ... Liev Schreiber (pronounced Lee-ev) (born Isaac Liev Schreiber on October 4, 1967) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. ... Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) is an American actress. ... Luke Perry is an American actor who remains best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. ... Austin Pendleton (born on 27 March 1940 in Warren, Ohio, USA) is an American movie, television and stage actor. ... Tony Shalhoub (Arabic: ), (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an Oscar nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order. ... Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor widely considered one of the most prominent and diverse performers in independent film. ... Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Screen Actors Guild Award and Tony Award-winning American actor and comedian of the stage and screen. ... Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American theater, television, and film actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... David Harbour is a Tony Award nominated actor who has performed in film, television and in the theater. ... Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman on April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television and movie actor. ... Scott Cohen (born December 19, 1964 in New York) is an American actor of Jewish ancestry. ... Louis Zorich (born February 12, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. ... Olympia Dukakis (born June 20, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Rita Moreno on the 1962 album cover for Academy Award Winner Rita Moreno Sings Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award-winning actress and the first and only Puerto Rican actress in history (as well as one of only nine people) to have... Frank Michael Anthony Whaley (born July 20, 1961) is an American film and television actor known as much for his roles in independent films as his boyish looks and general demeanor, pushing 50 though he is. ... Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ... Anne Jackson (b. ... Ron Livingston (born June 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Awards include the $20,000 Amblin/Chesterfield Fellowship, the $15,000 Berilla Kerr Award, The Crawford Playwriting Award for Running Funny and The Hendon Fellowship at Yale. He was also the recipient of a $10,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.


Evered has written screenplays for Universal Pictures, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures. Other film and television work includes "Stateside," a pilot Evered wrote for N B C/Universal. Produced film and T V work includes the highly rated black and white/color "Mr. Monk and the Leper" episode of the USA hit series Monk, starring Emmy-winning actor Tony Shalhoub. In addition, Mr. Evered's play, Running Funny, (first produced at The Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1988 starring Paul Giamatti) has been made into a feature film with a screenplay co-written by Evered. Evered is currently directing the feature film adaptation of his play "Adopt a Sailor" starring Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Coyote and Ethan Peck. St. ... Tony Shalhoub (Arabic: ), (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...


Evered is married to the actress Wendy Rolfe Evered. They divide their time between Los Angeles, California and Princeton, New Jersey.


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