CHARLES EVERED took his undergraduate degree from Rutgers-Newark and an MFA from Yale University, where he studied with the Academy Award winning director George Roy Hill. He has written screenplays and teleplays for studios such as: Universal Pictures, NBC, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures. He has won several awards for his writing including The Berrilla Kerr Award, The Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, The Chesterfield/Amblin Fellowship, The Edward Albee/William Flanagan Fellowship, The Bert Linder Fellowship, The Lucas Artist Fellowship and the Crawford Playwriting Award. His published plays include: Running Funny, (premiere featured Paul Giamatti,) The Size of the World, (premiere featured Liev Schreiber,) The Shoreham, (premiere featured Eric Stoltz,) Celadine, (premiere featured Amy Irving,) Wilderness of Mirrors, Teds' Head, Clouds Hill and Adopt a Sailor, (premiere featured Bebe Neuwirth, Sam Waterston and Eli Wallach among others.) Mr. Evered's produced film and television credits include the black and white/double episode of Monk titled Mr. Monk and the Leper for USA Network, starring Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub. Mr. Evered also wrote and directed the feature film Adopt a Sailor, which stars Bebe Neuwirth and Peter Coyote. Adopt a Sailor premiered at The Williamstown Film Festival, then went on to be an Official Selection at the Palm Springs International Film Festival among several others. Mr. Evered also wrote and directed the short film Visiting, starring James Waterston and Amy Locane. His work has been profiled in The New York Times, BBC World and on NPR among other outlets. Mr. Evered is a former Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, where he was attached to the Navy Office of Information.