William Missouri Downs has written everything from NBC sitcoms to Kabuki tragedies. He's had well over 350 productions of his plays and musicals from the Kennedy Center to the San Diego Rep. He's been produced in Spain, Canada, South Africa, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, Israel, India, UAE, Australia, South Korea, and the USA. He’s published 14 plays with Concord, Playscripts, Heuer, TRW, and Next Stage Press. His monologues have appeared in nine collections. He's also won numerous writing awards, including two rolling premieres from the National New Play Network. He's twice been a finalist at the Eugene O'Neill. In Hollywood, he was a writer on several NBC sitcoms, sold/optioned movies, and optioned a TV pilot. He's published four books, including 'The Art of Theatre,' a textbook now in its 4th edition, used by 100,000 college students. His other books include 'Screenplay Writing The Picture,' 'Naked Playwriting,' and 'Playwriting From Formula To Form.' His first novel 'Five Minutes From Choas' will be published in September of 24. He has two MFAs, one in screenwriting from UCLA Film School and one in acting from the University of Illinois. He was trained in playwriting by Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt at the Circle Rep Theater in New York. He's represented by Pat McLaughlin at the Beacon Artist Agency, New York. He's a member of the WGA, DGA, and NNPN.