Carlos Perez(VI)
- Writer
Carlos Perez has been an actor, director, producer, and writer for film and stage for over twenty years. He holds an MA in English from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a BFA in Speech and Theatre from Avila University. He was a tenured college instructor for thirteen years, teaching courses in English, theatre, communications, and screenwriting. He's a writer-for-hire for independent filmmakers, with ten of his commissioned screenplays produced and distributed internationally and two more in the production process. His original stage play, Jeremy's World, was adapted into a short screenplay and premiered at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, his screenplay, Trick-or-Treat was adapted into a Podcast for Creative Zombie Studios, and his screenplay, Strays, was selected by the African American Film Society of Missouri and Cinematalk Productions for a reading by professional actors with the Unicorn Theater. Many of his original screenplays have received awards and the various laurels can be seen on his IMDb site. A member of the Dramatist Guild of America, his published stage plays include, In Hyding, Not Your Usual Tales, and The Exit Strategy Club, all three published by Off The Wall Plays, Caught Between Two Worlds, published by Dramatic Publishing, Native American Folktales for Fun and Folktales for Fun, both published by Pioneer Drama Service, The Terry Stinger Show, published by Next Stage Press, A Caterpillar's Tale, published by Eldridge Plays, and The Adventures of Christina and Viperina, How the Beetle Got Her Colors, Room in the Forest, and Misadventures of a Frog-Girl, all four published by Drama Notebook. His one-act play, The Game, was selected and produced by the North Park Playwright Festival, while his one-act play, Cleansing Acts, was selected for production in the LaBute New Theatre Festival and was the winner of the River Front Times Best of 2013, and his musical parody short Shakespearean plays, Lear's Looney Tunes, All the World's a Musical, Silly Songs for a Stormy Night, and I Can Hear the Eunuch Sing, were performed for two seasons at The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. His non-performance writing has appeared in The Bangalore Review, The Bookends Review, Scars Publications, Imagine This!, Penny, The Ecphorizer, Prism, Potpourri, The Pitch, IndieReader, KC Stage Magazine, Grab-a-Nickel, Perspectives Magazine, Theatre Training News, Midwest Medical Ethics, Masterplots, Pure Slush Books, Dark Chapter Press, and Truth Serum Press. His published works are available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. A past member of SAG-AFTRA, he now lives with his wife and daughter in Maine.