William Missouri Downs

William Missouri Downs, also known as Bill Downs, originally from Bay City, Michigan, is an American playwright, director and author.

Downs earned his Bachelor's degree at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, his MFA in acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his second MFA in screenwriting at UCLA. He is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Wyoming.^[1]

He wrote for several NBC sitcoms including MY TWO DADS, AMEN and THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR. He is the author of twenty plays that have had well over one hundred productions, including: The Kennedy Center, The Detroit Rep, The Wisdom Bridge Theatre, New York City Fringe Festival, The International Theatre Festival in Israel, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, The Durban Performing Arts Center (South Africa), Performance Network, The Berkeley Rep, The Stadt Theater Walfischgasse (Vienna) and The National New Play Network’s Showcase of New Plays.

Works

Books

• Downs, William Missouri.; Wright, Lou Anne.; Ramsey, Erik. (20011). THE ART OF THEATRE : Then and Now. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN 0-15-506325-1. 
• Downs, William Missouri.; Wright, Lou Anne.; Ramsey, Erik. (2007). THE ART OF THEATRE : a Concise Introduction. Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth. ISBN 0-495-00180-5. 
• Downs, William Missouri; Russin, Robin U. (28 January 28, 2005). NAKED PLAYWRITING: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare. Silman-James Press. ISBN 1879505762. 
• Russin, Robin U.; Downs, William Missouri (July 2003). SCREENPLAY: Writing the Picture. Silman-James Press. ISBN 1879505703. 
  • Russin, Robin U.; Downs, William Missouri (14 September 2005) (in Polish). Jak napisać scenariusz filmowy. Wojciech Marzec. ISBN 83-922604-0-6. 
• Downs, William Missouri; Wright, Lou Anne (14 August 1997). PLAYWRITING: From Formula to Form. Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN 0155038613. 

Plays

• Downs, William Missouri. KOSHER LUTHERANS. Samuel French, Inc.. ISBN 0-573-69715-9. 
• Downs, William Missouri (2009). COCKEYED. New York, NY: Samuel French. ISBN 0-573-69716-7. 
• THE "M" WORD ^[2]
• BOOKS ON TAPE^[3]
• FORGIVING JOHN LENNON ^[4]
• DEAD WHITE MALES^[5]
• THE EXIT INTERVIEW ^[6]
• THE TRIAL OF AYN RAND ^[7]
• SEAGULLS IN A CHERRY TREE ^[8]

References

External links

• "William Missouri Downs Resume". University of Wyoming. http://uwyo.edu/thd2/Downs/Resume.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-30.  Professor Downs' resume as posted on the University of Wyoming website.