Carlos Perez(VI)

Carl (Carlos) Perez holds an MA in English (a professional writing degree in screenwriting and playwriting) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a BFA in Speech and Theatre from Avila University. Upon receiving his degree he became an instructor at a local community college, earning tenure, and teaching classes in theatre, creative writing, and screenwriting. He was also a member of SAG-AFTRA, performing professionally for twenty years, along with being a producer of his own seasonal touring theatre troupe for fifteen years. As a writer-for-hire for independent filmmakers, ten of his commissioned screenplays have been produced and distributed internationally, with one more giving him "original story by" credit. He recently completed a commission, writing a screenplay adaptation of the cult comic, Bad Candy. Many of his original screenplays have received awards and the various laurels can be seen on his IMDb site. 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. His published stage plays include: Caught Between Two Worlds, published by Dramatic Publishing, The Decision, In Hyding, Jeremy's World, Not Your Usual Tales, and The Exit Strategy Club (written with Vicki Vodrey), all five published by Off The Wall Plays, The Terry Stinger Show, published by Next Stage Press, Native American Folktales for Fun and Folktales for Fun, both published by Pioneer Drama Service, 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, 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 original stage plays, Rage and Facade, based on actual sexual assault cases, were produced in association with MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault) for Ruskin High School, and his one-act play, The Other Side, was produced by Independence City Theatre. His fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in The Bangalore Review, Free Spirit Publishing, The Bookends Review, Machias Arts Council, 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 latest published short story collections, Disturbing Visions and Sexual Relations are available at Amazon. He lives in Maine with his wife and daughter.