Charles Deemer: Plays, Scripts and Publications
For a more recent resume, see www.ibiblio.org/cdeemer/bio.htm.
BOOKS:
Christmas at the Juniper Tavern (Arrowood Books, 1985).
Ten Sonnets (Irvington Press, 1994).
The Deadly Doowop (Cedar Bay Press, 1997).
Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting (SPHP, 1997; Xlibris, 1998).
Theatre in Cyberspace (Peter Lang, 1999), includes "The New Hyperdrama.".
2000 Guide to Literary Agents (Writers Digest Books, 2000) includes "When
Should a Screenwriter Get an Agent?" (reprinted in 2001 edition)
Seven Come Eleven: Stories and Plays, 1969-1999 (Writers Club Press, 2000).
Collected Plays (NoSpine, 2000).
The Deadly Doowop (NoSpine, 2000)
Seven Plays (Greatunpublished.com, 2001).
The Spirit of Writing (Penguin Putnam, 2001) includes "How Do I Number
the Pages?"
Five Screenplays (Greatunpublished.com, 2002)
Selected Stories (Greatunpublished.com, 2003)
The Deadly Doowop (Greatunpublished.com, 2003)
What Happens Next? An Introduction to Screenwriting (Greatunpublished.com, 2003)
Emmett's Gift (Three Moons Media, 2003)
Love At Ground Zero (Sextant Books, 2003)
FILM, TV:
Screenwriter, two short films by Mariana Arevalo.
Regular contributor, Creative Screenwriting.
Columnist, Cyber Film School (screenwriting).
Graduate writing faculty, Screenwriting, Portland State University.
Six screenplays optioned (Never A Dull Moment Productions,
Arroyo Films, Screaming Eagle Productions, Raindrop Productions, Tom Shaw
Productions, Charles Jennings Productions).
Oregon Public Television, Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, winner
of ACE award.
Ward Wildlife Museum, The Ward Brothers, documentary film.
Children's video, Tom Shaw Productions.
STAGE PLAYS:
Playwright-in-residence, The New Rose Theatre.
Playwright-in-residence, The Cubiculo Theatre.
Playwright-in-residence, Eclectic Theater Company.
Playwright-in-electronic residence, Prisma, Santiago, Chile.
Productions (dates of premier; * primary work):
2004: Here I Stand: An Appreciation of Paul Robeson (1-act)
2003: You Might As Well Live: An Appreciation of Dorothy Parker (1-act)
American Gadfly: the Story of Wayne Morse (1-act)
2002: Wonderful One Times One: An Appreciation of E.E. Cummings (1-act)
2001: The Man Who Searched for Tomorrow (10 min.)
The Ordeal of James Otis (1-act)
2000: The Guardian of the Light (10 min.)
1999: "We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years" -- the Legacy of the
Wobblies (1-act)
The Last Roundup (10 min.)
*Sad Laughter (staged)
1998: Dribbling for the Home Team (10 min.)
*Bedrooms & Bars (staged)
*Famililly (winner of 1997 "Crossing Borders" International
Playwriting Competition)
1997: The Buddha Child (10 min.)
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)
FICTION:
Short stories in Prism International, The Literary Review, The
Colorado Quarterly, Mississippi Review, Expression, Northwest Review,
Northwest Magazine, Whirlwind, elsewhere.
7 short stories collected in Seven Come Eleven: Stories and Plays,
1969-1999.
JOURNALISM:
Contributing Editor, Oregon Magazine.
Book editor, Oregon Humanities.
Editor, Sweet Reason: a journal of ideas, history and culture.
Managing Editor, Oregon Business Magazine.
Articles and reviews in Creative Screenwriting, The Washington Post,
Northwest Magazine, elsewhere.
WRITING AWARDS:
Haycox Short Story Prize, 1967
3rd Place, National Short Play Competition, University of
Missouri, 1971
Roll of Honor, Best American Short Stories, 1971, 1972, 1974
Greasepaint Best Original Play, 1983, 1984, 1985
Willies Best Original Play, 1984, 1986, 1987
Oregon Arts Foundation Theatre Award, 1984
ACE, cable-TV, best regional drama (nationally), 1984
Writer of the Year, 1986, Neighbor Newspaper Community Award
Winner, "Crossing Borders" Int. New Play Competition, 1997
Highest ranking playwright, New Century Writer Awards, 1998
Finalist, Oregon Book Award (thrice).
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
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