Charlie Schulman

Bio

Charlie Schulman was named the 2010 Walton Fellow at The Arena Stage for his play THE GREAT MAN. His play CHARACTER ASSASSINS will receive its World Premier at NJ Rep in the fall. Charlie recently completed the screenplay for CHARACTER ASSASSINS. He Co-Produced and wrote the book for the musical THE FARTISTE (Best Musical – FringeNYC). His plays have been produced Off-Broadway and in Regional Theaters. Plays include: ANGEL OF DEATH, THE COMMON ENEMY, THE GREENE HOUSE EFFECT, THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT (The Young Playwrights Festival -Outer Critics Circle Award) and THE GROUND ZERO CLUB. Charlie is a recipient of The Charles MacArthur Award for Comedy, The Paulette Goddard Fellowship and is a three-time winner of The Avery Hopwood Award from The University of Michigan. His play THE KITCHEN was presented at The National Playwrights Conference and is currently being adapted as the musical MY AMERICAN FAMILY. His plays are published by The Dramatists Play Service and in several anthologies. His chapter on Playwriting appears in The Portable MFA in Creative Writing (Writers Digest). He recently was commissioned by The Musical Theater Fund. He teaches Playwriting and Screenwriting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is on the faculty ay Spalding University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.