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  • Wilderness of Mirrors
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    Wilderness of Mirrors

    Charles Evered
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    Play Description

    A Yale professor recruits a student to be a spy in this spine-tingling tale about the birth of the CIA in the 1940s.

    Production Info

    Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
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    Press Quotes

    “The cloak-and-dagger drama lures its audience into a story of betrayal and shattered trust … An elusive Yale professor recruits a bright, but reluctant, young student for a career in wartime espionage. Evered has crafted a … taut tale of friendship, trust and ultimate heartbreak and betrayal.” —Variety

    “Spellbinding … masterful … heartbreaking. An exciting, intelligent and important addition to the theatrical repertoire.” —Home News Tribune

    “Gripping … Riveting.” —The Star Ledger

    “Theatrically effective and intellectually rewarding … Evered’s spine chilling spy story draws us in like the best of bedtime page turners.” —U S 1

    “Top notch! Brimming with intrigue, deception and of course, romance.” —Theatrescene

    Author(s)

    • Charles Evered

      Charles Evered took his undergraduate degree from Rutgers-Newark and an MFA from Yale University, where he studied with director George Roy Hill. Mr. Evered has won several awards for his writing including The Berrilla Kerr Award, The Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Chesterfield/Amblin Fellowship, The Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship, The Bert Linder Fellowship, The Lucas Artist Fellowship and The Crawford Playwriting Award. His plays include: RUNNING FUNNY (premiere featured Paul Giamatti), THE SIZE OF THE WORLD (premiere featured Liev Schreiber), THE SHOREHAM (premiere featured Eric Stoltz), ADOPT A SAILOR (premiere featured Sam Waterston and Eli Wallach,) and CELADINE (premiere featured Amy Irving). Additional plays include: BRIDEWELL, WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, TEDS HEAD, CLOUDS HILL, TEN, CLASS and LOOKING AGAIN. He has written screenplays and teleplays for studios such as: Universal Pictures, NBC, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures. His produced film and television credits include an episode of MONK entitled "Mr. Monk and the Leper" for USA Network, starring Tony Shalhoub and co-writing the screenplay for the feature RUNNING FUNNY. Mr. Evered also wrote and directed the feature film ADOPT A SAILOR, starring Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth. ADOPT A SAILOR was an official selection at more than 20 national and international film festivals and premiered on Showtime. His short film VISITING premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. His second feature as a director, A THOUSAND CUTS, starred Academy Award nominee Michael O'Keefe and was nominated for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. It was distributed by Kino Lorber. Mr. Evered's most recent film, OUT, starred Gloria LeRoy and had its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. A new short play, KNOCK KNOCK, premiered in London at Theatre503. Mr. Evered's work has been profiled in The New York Times, BBC World and on NPR, among other outlets. He is a former officer in the United States Navy Reserve, having gained the rank of Lieutenant. In 2010 he formed a production company called Ordinance 14.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 4/1/2004
    Pages 80
    ISBN 9780881452334

    Special Notes

    If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:

    Originally produced by The Harper Joy Theater, Walla Walla, WA

    In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:

    Wilderness of Mirrors is produced
    by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
    www.broadwayplaypublishing.com

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