Wyoming
(307) 460 -9132
New
York (917) 455-1947
Downs@me.com
Patricia McLaughlin,
Beacon Artist Agency, 1051 Broadway #1200, NY, NY 10036
M.F.A. in
Screenwriting - U.C.L.A. - Los Angeles, California
M.F.A. in Acting -
University of Illinois - Urbana, Illinois
B.S. in
Theatre/English – (cum laude)
Northern Michigan University - Marquette
2013 – Screenplay: Writing The Picture
(3nd Edition)
Published by Silman/James
2012 – The Art of Theatre: Then & Now (3rd
Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2012 - The
Art of Theatre: Concise (3rd Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2009 – The Art of Theatre: Then & Now (2nd
Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2009 - The Art of Theatre: Concise (2nd
Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2006 – The Art of Theatre: Then & Now (1st
Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2006 – The Art of Theatre: Concise (1st
Edition)
Published by Wadsworth
2005 – Naked Playwriting: The Art, Craft & Life
Laid Bare
Published by Silman/James
2004 - "Jak
Napisac Scenariusz Filmowy
ÒScreenplay
Writing The PictureÓ Translated into Polish by Wojciech
Marzec. Published
in Warsaw" (The top selling screenwriting book in
Poland 2005 -2008)
2004 – Screenplay: Writing The Picture
(2nd Edition)
Published by Silman/James
2000 - Screenplay: Writing The Picture (1st
Edition)
Published by Harcourt Brace
1998 – Playwriting, From Formula To Form
Published by Harcourt Brace
2012 – The Exit Interview (play)
Published
by Samuel French
2012 – A Doll House (play adaptation)
Published
by Next Stage Press
2012 – Headset, A view from the light booth
(Play)
Published
by Heuer Publishing
2011 – Two
Monologues included in Exceptional
Monologues
Published
by Samuel French
2010 – Innocent Thoughts (play)
Published
by Next Stage Press
2010 – The Art of Theatre vs. Religion and Science
(co-author) (scholarly article)
Published
by The Westerns States Theatre Review, Oregon State University
2009 – Cockeyed (play)
Published
by Samuel French
2009 – Kosher Lutherans (play)
Published
by Samuel French
2009 – Books On Tape (ten minute play)
Published
by North West Theatre Review, Oregon
State University
2008 – Books On Tape (ten minute play)
Published by NorthNorthWest
(an anthology) published by Western Washington University
2008 – Monologue
ActorÕs Choice
Published by Playscripts
2005 – Dead White Males (play)
Published
by Playscripts
2002 – Selected Passages from JessieÕs 287 Diary
(a short story)
Published
in The Owen Wister Review
2001 – Fishing For a Hook (co-author) (journal
article)
Published
in the July issue of Rocky Mountain Writer
2000 – Playwriting for Screenwriters (journal
article)
Published
in the July/Aug issue of The Dramatist
2000 – Conflict and Story (co-author) (journal
article)
Published
in the Jan/Feb issue of The Dramatist
1999 - Five Ways To Improve
Your Dialogue (co-author) (journal article)
Published
in the Sept/Oct issue of The Dramatist
1999 – Tapping your Creativity (co-author)
(journal article)
Published
in the July/Aug issue of The Dramatist
1996 - Leaving
Hollywood Part 3 (a short story)
Published
in the November issue of Written By
1994 - Leaving Hollywood Part 2 (a short story)
Published
in the November issue of Written By
1993 - Leaving Hollywood Part 1 (a short story)
Published
in the November issue of Written By
2013 – Finalist @ The Eugene OÕNeill
Mad Gravity
2013 – Winner - The Reva Shiner Comedy Award @ Bloomington
Playwrights Project
Mad Gravity
12/13 Rolling
Opening @ The National New Play
Network
The Exit Interview
2012 Finalist – Reva Shiner Comedy Award
@ Bloomington Playwrights Project
The Exit
Interview
2012 1st
Place – Festival of New Works
@ Long Beach Playhouse
The Polish Book Of Karma
2011 National
Showcase of New Plays @ The
National New Play Network
The
Exit Interview
2010
- Semi-Finalist – Playwrights First Award @ The National
Arts Club
Books On
Tape
2010 - 1st Place – Millennium
Playwriting Contest @ SteppingStone Theatre Company, NY - Forgiving
John Lennon
2009 - First Runner Up – The Pen Is A
Mighty Sword International Contest
@The Virtual Theatre Project Wake Forest University
Forgiving
John Lennon (2nd
place out of 1,014 scripts)
2008 - 1st Place – The
Greenhouse Festival Of New Plays @ HotCity Theatre,
St. Louis – Cockeyed (1st out of 250 scripts)
2007
- Finalist – Ashland New Play Festival @ Oregon
Shakespeare
Cockeyed (One of 11
finalists out of 170 scripts)
2005 – 1st Place – Larry
Corse Prize For Playwriting @ Columbus State
University in Atlanta - Seagulls In A Cherry Tree (1st out of 325 plays from
twelve countries)
1998 – Semi-Finalist
@ The Eugene OÕNeill
Dead White Males
1998 - Semi-Finalist
@ Mildred & Albert Panowski Playwriting Award
Chasing Pirandello
1997 - First
Runner Up @ Writers Vision Contest, Downey, CA
Chasing Pirandello
1996 - 1st
Place – National Playwrights Award
@
The Unicorn Theatre in Kansas – Innocent
Thoughts
1995 - 1st
Place – The Playwrights Festival
@ Experimental Theatre
Company of San Antonio – Innocent
Thoughts
1994 - 1st
Place – Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works
@ The Mill Mountain
Theatre, Roanoke, VA – Jewish
Sports Heroes and Texas Intellectuals
1988 - 1st
Place – Harmony Gold Award For Screenwriting
@ UCLA Student Academy
Awards
1987 - 1st
Place – Dennis Turner Award For Screenwriting
@ UCLA Student Academy
Awards
1986 - 1st
Place – The Jack Nicholson Award For Screenwriting
@ UCLA Student Academy
Awards
1985 – Bay
Area Critics Award
For best production of
the year in San Francisco, Kabuki Medea
TELEVISION
WRITING (Writer For The Following Network Television
Shows)
1992
– The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air -
NBC
(Starring Will Smith)
Freelance
Writer
Columbia
Television, Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood, CA
1991
- Amen – NBC
(Starring
Sherman Helmsley)
Freelance
Writer (Including the 100th episode starring Kareem Abdul Jabbar)
Paramount Studios, Johnny Carson Productions.
North Hollywood, CA
89-90
– My Two Dads – NBC
(Starring Paul Reiser)
Staff Writer - 23 episodes
Columbia Television, Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood CA.
1991 –Fraternal Order - Optioned by Filmways, Stirling
Silliphant, Ex. Producer[1]
1990 – Executive Privilege - Sold to Ron
Howard's Imagine Pictures & Tristar[2]
1988 – Grave Secrets (Script Doctor) - Planet Productions,
Hollywood, CA
88/89
Script
Secretary, Interscope Pictures - Westwood, CA
87/88
NBC
Script Secretary, Moonlighting, Picturemaker Productions, 20th Century Fox,
Century City, CA
1988
Warner Brother Sitcom Writers Workshop,
Chosen from 350 applications, Burbank, CA
1987 Television Directing - Three years study under Jerzy Antczak,
the Oscar nominated director.
1987
– Screenwriting - Studied under Stirling Silliphant, the Oscar winning
writer
1988-(present) Writers
Guild Of America (WGA)
1985-(present)
Dramatists Guild of America (DGA) (Active)
PRODUCED
PLAYS (Author Of The Following Plays) (Partial List)
The Exit Interview
(2013) Salt Lake
Acting Company - (2013) Riverside Theatre
- (2013) Charlotte Actors Theatre -
(2013) Graceland University, IA - (2012) The InterAct Theatre,
Philadelphia – (2012) The San Diego Rep - (2012)
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre - (2011) National New Play Network New Play
Festival - (2011) Orlando Shakespeare Festival New Playfest
Books on Tape
(2011) New York City
Fringe Festival - (2011) University of Wyoming - (2010) Vintage Theatre,
Denver - (2010) Theatre Southwest,
Houston – (2009)
– Northwest Playwrights Alliance
Forgiving John Lennon
(2013) University
at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, (2011) The Detroit Rep, Detroit MI –
(2011) University of Wyoming – (2011) Telluride PlaywrightÕs Festival
Cockeyed
(2012) Sam Houston
State University, Huntsville, TX - (2012) The Stage Coach Theatre, Boise ID - (2011)
Black Box Theatre Group, Houston TX - (2011) The Schultz Theatre, New Market, VA -
(2010) The No Strings Theatre Company, Las Cruces, NM – (2010) The Red
Barn Theatre, Frankfort, IN – (2009) HotCity
Theatre, St. Louis – (2009) The University of Wyoming – (2009) The
Cheyenne Little Theatre
Kosher Lutherans
(2013)
HotCity
Theatre, St. Louis - (2013)
Our Town Players, South Haven, MI - (2011) The Poke Street Theatre, Atlanta, GA
- (2011) The Red Barn Theatre, Frankfort, IN - (2011) Monticello Theatre, MN - (2011)
The Playhouse, Danville KY - (2011) Warburg College, Waverly, IA - (2011) North Fort Playhouse, Watertown
SD - (2010) The Theatron Jewish Theatre, Toronto, Canada – (2010) The Bas
Bleu Theatre, Fort Collins, CO – (2007) University of Wyoming, Summer
Theatre
Headset – A View
From The Light Booth
(2011)
The Gilbert Theatre, Fayetteville,
NC (2011) stadt Theater walfischgasse, Vienna Austria - (2006) The University of
Wyoming –(2004) Theatre in the park, Birmingham, AL – (2003) The
Pensacola Little Theatre, Pensacola, FL – (2003) The
Fishbowl Theatre, Toronto, Ontario – (2001) The Cookeville Drama Center,
Cookeville TN – (1999) Garmisch Theatre,
Germany – (1998) Curtain Up!, Durham, NC – (1997) The Hexis Theatre, Singapore – (1997) The Gilbert
Theatre, Fayettville, NC – (1997) PlaywrightÕs
Forum, Memphis, TN – (1991) The Richard Basehart
Theatre, Los Angeles, CA – (1991) The Sheboygan Players, Sheboygan, WI
Kabuki Medea
(2000) Nile North
Theatre, Chicago, IL – (1994) Wisdom Bridge Theatre Chicago –
(1994) Durban Performing Arts Center, South Africa – (1994) University of
South Dakota – (1994) Memphis State University (1989) The University of
Illinois – (1987) The International Theatre Festival, Israel (1986)
– The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. - (1985) The Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA
– (1985) The Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, OH – (1984/85) The Wisdom
Bridge Theatre, Chicago, IL – (1983) The University of Illinois
Kabuki Faust
(1986)
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL – (1984) The University of Illinois,
Urbana, IL
Seagulls In A Cherry
Tree
(2009) The University
of Wyoming – (2009) Casper College, Wyoming – (2008) Twin Cities
Chekhov Festival, Minneapolis
– (2006) Orlando Shakespeare Festival Playfest – (2005) – North American Actors
Association, Soho Theatre London – (2005)
Columbus State University, George – (2004) The Denver Center For The
Performing Arts (Reading)
Dead White Males
(2012) West Virginia State University,
WV (2010) Tongue In Cheek Theater, NYC (2010) The
Sustainable Theatre Project, Austin TX – (2008) The Rivers Community
College, Norwich, CT - (2008)
The Interpreters Theatre, Cedar Falls, IA
– (2005) The Miners Alley Theatre,
Golden CO – (2005) The Theatre Co-operative, Boston - (2003) – The Independent
Freeform Theatre, Emporia State University, KS – (2002) Boise State
University, Boise ID – (2002) Chance Theatre, Anaheim Hills, CA –
(2001) The University of Wyoming, ACTF Regional Winner – (2002) –
Clark College, Washington – (2000) The Boxer Rebellion Theatre, Chicago,
IL – (1999) – The Asylum Theatre, Las Vegas – (1999) The Alleyway
Theatre, Buffalo, NY – (1998) The PlaywrightÕs Kitchen Ensemble, Los
Angeles, CA
Jewish Sports Heroes
& Texas Intellectuals
(1997) The Overland
Stage, Kansas City, KS – (1994) – Rivertree
Theatre, Denver, CO – (1994) Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA (Workshop
production) – (1994) The University of Wyoming – (1994) The San
Francisco Playwrights Center, San Francisco, CA (Reading)
Innocent Thoughts
(2010) The Shadow Theatre
Company, Denver – (2003) The Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood –
(2002) The Side Project Theatre, Chicago – (2001) The Soho
WriterÕs Festival, London – (1999) Inglewood Playhouse, Inglewood, CA
– (1998) Performance Network, Ann Arbor – (1998) The Asylum
Theatre, Las Vegas – (1998) Miranda Theatre, New York City – (1997)
The University of Wyoming – (1997) The Shadow Theatre Company, Denver
– (1996) The Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, MO – (1996) Arena
Players Rep, Long Island, NY – (1996) Nebraska Rep, Lincoln, NE (Staged reading) –
(1995) 24th St. Experimental Theatre, San Antonio, TX
Chasing Pirandello
(2001) The Asylum
Theatre, Las Vegas, NV – (1999) Fleetwood Stage, New Rochelle, NY,
Abington Theatre, New York City Staged Reading)
The ÒMÓ Word
(2008) Columbia Basin
College, Pasco Washington – (2008) The University of Wyoming
(2007) – The Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, reading, Eugene Oregon
Bare-Handed
Catch
(1995) The University
of Wyoming – (1994) The Players Guild, Arvada, CO – (1991) The Powerhouse
Theatre, Venice, CA – (1984) Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Nights At The Round
Table
(2010) Hesperia
Thespian Society, Bradley, CA –
(2008) Stage By Stage, Canada – (2006) Zodiac Theatre, Florence AL – (1997) Stage Three, Casper WY
– (1991) The Firehouse Theatre, Omaha, NE – (1985) Whitman College,
Walla Walla, WA – (1984) Parkland College, Urbana, IL
Little Family Secrets
(1998) The Willows
Theatre Company, Concord, CA – (1992) Actors Alley Theatre, Los Angeles,
CA – (1998) North Iowa University, Cedar Falls, IA
The Shelf Life of
Sushi
(2010) The Source
Theatre, Washington DC
PLAY
ADAPTATIONS
Uncle
Vanya - Adapted from a 1919 translation - Produced
at: 2007 - University of Wyoming (2007)
The
Scopes Monkey Trial - A new play adapted from the trial
transcripts of the 1927 Scopes Evolution Case - Produced at: University of
Wyoming (2003)
A
Doll House - A
new adaptation from a literal translation by Hans Lindstrom - Produced at:
Helen High Theatre (2007) & University of Wyoming (2000)
2012 - Long Beach Playhouse (Invited reading)
– The Polish Book of Karma
2012 - Missoula Colony - Playwriting Festival
(Invited reading) – Books On Tape
2011 - The Modern Muse Theatre, Denver (Invited reading) – The Trial Of Ayn Rand
2011 - Telluride New Play Festival (Invited reading) – The Trial Of Ayn Rand
2011 - Paragon Theatre, Denver (Invited
reading) – Forgiving John Lennon
2011 – Orlando
Shakespeare Theatre New Playfest (Workshop) The Exit Interview
2009 - Playwrights Showcase of the Western
Region (Invited reading) Forgiving John
Lennon
2009 - Great Plains Theatre Conference
(Invited reading) – The Polish Book
Of Karma
2009 - Paragon Theatre, Denver (Invited
reading) – The Polish Book Of Karma
2007 - Playwrights Showcase of the Western
Region (Invited reading) The M Word
2007 – Last
Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Alaska (Invited reading) Cockeyed
2006 – Orlando
Shakespeare Theatre New Playfest (Workshop) Seagulls In A Cherry Tree
2003 – Denver
Center For the Performing Arts (reading – PlaywrightÕs Group) Seagulls In A
Cherry Tree
2011 – Forgiving John Lennon – (Director/Writer) –
Telluride Play Festival
2011 – Books On Tape – (Director/Writer) –
University of Wyoming
2010 – Kosher Lutherans (Writer/Director)
– Bas Bleu Theatre Company/ Colorado
2010 – This IsnÕt What It Looks Like –
(Director) Telluride Repertory Theatre
2009 – Seagulls In A Cherry Tree (Director/Writer)
– University of Wyoming
2008 – Mulch (Director) – University of
Wyoming One Act Festival
2008 – IdiotÕs Guide (Director) –
University of Wyoming One Act Festival
2008 – Last Train To Nibroc
(Director) – UW Summer Theatre
2007 – Uncle Vanya - (Director) –
University of Wyoming
2008 – Kosher Lutherans (Writer/Director)
– UW Summer Theatre
2007 – Spinning Into Butter - (Director)
University of Wyoming
2006
– Un-American Activities
- (Director) (Premiere) University of Wyoming
2004
– Good Morning Athens (a rock
musical) (Premiere) (Director & Dramaturge) University of Wyoming (Premiere
Production) Winner of the Mark Twain Prize, The David Cohen National Student
playwriting Award, and the National Student Written Musical Award. Produced at
the Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts during the National ACTF Festival. (now published by Dramatist)
2004 – Finding Nero -
(Director) (Premiere) – University of Wyoming One-Act Festival
2003
– Missionary Position -
(Director & Dramaturge) (Premiere) University of Wyoming (Premiere)
Produced at the Regional American College Theatre Festival in 2004
2002 – The Scopes Monkey Trial - (Creator & Director) (Premiere)
University of Wyoming
01/02
– Rainy Day People - (Director
& Dramaturge) (Premiere) University of Wyoming (premiere - winner of the
Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting) (now published by Dramatists) Produced
at the Regional American College Theatre Festival in 2002
2000 – The Cherry Orchard (Mamet Version)
– (Director) University of Wyoming
2000 - A Doll House – (Adaptation and
director) University of Wyoming (a new translation)
1998 – Death Of A Salesman - (Director)
University of Wyoming
1997 – ThereÕs A Girl In My Soup - (Director)
UW Summer Theatre
1996 - I Hate Hamlet - (Director) University of
Wyoming
1996 – Lovers & Other Strangers -
(Director) UW Summer Theatre
1994 – Harvey - (Director) UW Summer Theatre
1993 – Jewish Sports Heroes and Texas Intellectuals
- (Director) University of Wyoming
1993 – House of Blue Leaves - (Director)
University of Wyoming
1993 – An Enemy of the People - (Director) U.
North Carolina, Charlotte
1992 – Summer and Smoke - (Director) U. North
Carolina, Charlotte
1988-90
– Co-Artistic Director – Circle Rep West Theatre
The west coast
(Hollywood) wing of the Circle Rep in New York - Duties included artistic
direction, fund raising, grant writing, producing, play selection and
development of new plays.
2001-03 Denver Center For The Performing Arts PlaywrightÕs Unit
2003-10 Chameleons Stage – PlaywrightÕs Group Denver Colorado
1980-82
– Circle Repertory Company - Two years training in playwriting under
Lanford Wilson, Milan Stitt & Rod Marriott, New
York City
2009 (to Present)
– Adjunct Professor Religious Studies – University of Wyoming
2004 (to Present)
– Full Professor – University of Wyoming (Head of Playwriting)
1997-2004 –
Associate Professor, University of Wyoming (Head of Playwriting)
1993-1997 –
Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming (Head of Playwriting)
1992-93 - Assistant
Professor, University of North Caroline, Charlotte, NC
1991-92 - Adjunct
Professor, University of Colorado, Denver
2013 – Promoting
Intellectual Engagement Award
(Sponsored
by the UW Ellbogen Center)
2012 - Extraordinary
Merit in Research Award
(University
of Wyoming)
2011 – Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
2011 – Promoting
Intellectual Engagement Award
(Sponsored
by the UW Ellbogen Center)
2010 – Promoting
Intellectual Engagement Award
(Sponsored
by the UW Ellbogen Center)
2009 – Promoting
Intellectual Engagement Award
(Sponsored
by the UW Ellbogen Center)
2008 – Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
2006 – Wyoming
Arts Council GovernorÕs Arts Award
(For
contributions to the arts in Wyoming)
2005 –
Extraordinary Merit in Research Award
(University
of Wyoming)
2005
– London Semester Professorship
One
semester teaching at the University of London
2004 – Top Prof
From the Cap and Gown
chapter of Mortar Board
2003 - Extraordinary
Merit in Teaching Award
(University
of Wyoming)
2003 - Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
2002 - Top Prof
From the Cap and Gown
chapter of Mortar Board
2002 - Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
2000 – Best
Non-Honors Class Award
(Voted
on by the honor students of the University of Wyoming)
2000 – Wyoming
Arts Council
(Travel/Education
grant)
2000 - Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
1999 - Extraordinary
Merit in Research Award
(University
of Wyoming)
1999 - Top Ten Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
1998 – The
Ellbogen Teaching Award
(University
of Wyoming)
1998 - Top Ten
Professor
(University
of Wyoming - College of Arts & Sciences)
1997 - Wyoming Arts
Council
(Grant to assist the underserved
community)
1996 - 1999 -
Extraordinary Merit in Teaching Award
(University
of Wyoming)
2011 – Featured
Artist for the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Alaska
2009
– Final National Judge for the Arts
& Letters Prize in Drama given by
the Journal of Contemporary Culture - Georgia College & State
University
2007
– National Judge for the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award - American College Theatre Festival
– Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts.
2006
– National Judge for the John Cauble
Playwriting Award - American
College Theatre Festival – Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts.
2006
– National Judge for the Mark Twain Playwriting Award - American College Theatre Festival
– Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts.
2005 – Play
Judge for the OÕNeill Playwrights Conference
2005 -
Vice Chair Of Playwriting for the American College Theatre Festival (Region 7 -
Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Washington, & Wyoming)
2005 -
Play Judge for the American College Theatre Festival (Region 4 – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia,
Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands)
1995 – Play
Judge for Norfolk
Southern Festival of New Works - The Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke,
VA.
2007 –
Meritorious Achievement For Directing
Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival (For Directing Uncle Vanya)
2007 – Meritorious
Achievement For Directing
Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival (For producing one act festival)
2002 – Invited
Director
Directing fellowship
to direct original one act plays at the Kennedy Center during the National
American College Theatre Festival.
2000 - Meritorious
Achievement For Directing
Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival (For Directing The Cherry Orchard)