CHARLES DEEMER
A Playwright’s Resume
Education
BA, UCLA, English (Phi Beta Kappa)
MFA, University of Oregon, Playwriting
Books Published
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern (Arrowood Books,
1985).
Ten Sonnets (Irvington Press, 1994).
The Deadly Doowop (Cedar Bay Press, 1997;
Greatunpublished.com, 2003).
Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting (SPHP, 1997;
Xlibris, 1998).
Seven Come Eleven: Stories and Plays, 1969-1999
(Writers Club Press, 2000).
Collected Plays (NoSpine, 2000).
Seven Plays (Greatunpublished.com, 2001).
Five Screenplays (Greatunpublished.com, 2002).
Selected Stories (Greatunpublished.com, 2003).
What Happens Next? An Introduction to Screenwriting
(Greatunpublished.com, 2003).
Three Oregon Plays (Greatunpublished.com, 2003)
Emmett’s Gift (Three Moons Media, 2003)
Love At Ground Zero (Sextant Books, 2003)
The Seagull Hyperdrama (Sextant Books, 2004)
Dress Rehearsals: The Education of a Marginal Writer
(Sextant Books, 2004)
Writing Grants and
Fellowships
Shubert
Playwriting Fellowship, 1971
Maryland
Committee for the Humanities, 1976
Metropolitan
Arts Commission, 1979, 1981, 1984
Oregon
Committee for the Humanities, 1980, 1984 (3)
Actors Theatre
of Louisville, 1981
Oregon Arts
Commission Fellow, 1981 (fiction), 1988 (drama)
Distinguished
Writer-in-residence, 1988, The Catlin Gabel School
Distinguished
Scholar-in-residence, 1989, The Catlin Gabel School
Plays produced in
last 10 years (* = Premiere)
1994
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, Eclectic Theatre Co.,
Portland
Ramblin’: stories and songs of Woody Guthrie, Nobby’s,
Portland
1995
*The Bride of Edgefield, Edgefield, Gresham
Abigail and Harvey, University of Portland
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, Eclectic Theatre Co.,
Portland
The Half-Life Conspiracy, Eclectic Theatre Co.,
Portland
Ramblin’: songs and stories of Woody Guthrie, Newport
Performing Arts Center
1996
*Who Forgives?, Cork Theatre Co., Ireland
Ramblin’: songs and stories of Woody Guthrie, Seattle
Community College
1997
*The Buddha Child, Haven Project, Portland
Who Forgives?, Stark Raving Theatre, Portland
*Last Song of Violeta Parra, Prisma, Santiago, Chile
1998
*Famililly, Wharf Rat Theatre Co., Salem, MA; Clark
College, Vancouver
*Bedrooms & Bars, Buckham Alley Theatre, Ohio
*Dribbling for the Home Team, Haven Project, Portland
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, Community Theatre,
Coos Bay
Last Song of Violeta Parra, University of Barcelona,
Spain
1999
*Sad Laughter, Clark College, Vancouver
*The Last Roundup, Haven Project, Portland
*The Legacy of the Wobblies, Unitarian Church,
Portland
2000
*The Guardian of the Light, Haven Project, Portland
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, Community Theatre,
Corvallis
2001
*The Man Who Searched for Tomorrow, Haven Project,
Portland
The Half-Life Conspiracy, Variety Café, New York City.
*The Ordeal of James Otis, Unitarian Church, Portland
2002
*Wonderful One Times One: An Appreciation of E.E.
Cummings, Unitarian Church, Portland
2003
*You Might As Well Live: An Appreciation of Dorothy
Parker, Unitarian Church, Portland
*American Gadfly: The Story of Wayne Morse, Wayne
Morse Ranch, Eugene.
2004
American Gadfly: The Story of Wayne Morse, Lane
Community College; also Springfield.
Here I Stand: An Appreciation of Paul Robeson,
Unitarian Church, Portland
In Memoriam: Reflections on Grief, Unitarian Church,
Portland.
2005
*Snoops, UU short play festival, Vancouver, WA.
American Gadfly: The Story of Wayne Morse, Newport
Performing Arts Center.
Full production list:
51 plays by Charles Deemer
2005: Snoops
(10 min.)
2004: In
Memoriam: Reflections on Grief
Here I Stand
2003: American
Gadfly: The Story of Wayne Morse
You Might As Well
Live
2002: Wonderful
One Times One
2001: The
Man Who Searched for Tomorrow (10 min.)
The
Ordeal of James Otis
2000: The
Guardian of the Light (10 min.)
1999: "We
Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years" --
the Legacy of the Wobblies
The
Last Roundup (10 min.)
*Sad
Laughter (staged)
1998: Dribbling
for the Home Team (10 min.)
*Bedrooms & Bars (staged & full)
*Famililly (winner, 1997 "Crossing Borders" International Playwriting Competition)
1997: The
Buddha Child (10 min.)
*The
Last Song of Violeta Parra (hyperdrama)
1996: *Who
Forgives?
1995: *The
Bride of Edgefield (hyperdrama)
1989: Champoeg:
the Story of Old Oregon
*Varmints
1988: The
Oregon Constitutional Debates (one act)
*Cocktail
Suite (hyperdrama)
Who
Should Educate Our Children? (10 min.)
1987: The
Evacuation (10 min.)
*Bateau
de Mort (hyperdrama)
Rancho!
(hyperdrama)
*Turkeys
(hyperdrama)
1986: The
Trouble With Wally (one act)
*Chateau
de Mort (hyperdrama)
Abigail (one act)
1985: *Waitresses
Abigail and Harvey (one act)
Echoes
of the Peaceful Heart (one act)
1984: The Genie in the Bottle (one act)
Armed
in the Spirit (one act)
*The
Comedian in Spite of Himself
*Christmas
at the Juniper Tavern
1983: Song
of the Salmon (staged)
Testing
(one act)
*The
Half-Life Conspiracy
1981: The
Talkin' Oregon Rainwater Blues (staged, one act)
*Country
Northwestern
The
Ballad of Sam Crab (one act)
Mongrel
Woman's Blues (one act)
1980: *1934:
Blood and Roses (one act)
1979: *Ramblin'
(one act)
*The
Pardon
1976: The
Battle of the Ages (one act)
1971: The
Profession
The
Dragon (one act)
1970: Above the
Fire (one act)
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Academic year 2008/2009
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