Douglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Beane now lives in New York. Wyomissing is a borough located in Berks County, Pennsylvania. ...

His works include the screenplay of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, as well as several theatrical works. His stage work includes writing the Broadway plays "The Little Dog Laughed" and the "As Bees in Honey Drown" which ran at New York's Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1997. Beane often writes works with sophisticated, "drawing room" humor. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 Hollywood film, starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

Beane is also the artistic director of the Drama Dept. Theater Company in New York.

External links

• Douglas Carter Beane at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile for Beane at the Internet Broadway Database