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. Mr. Evered 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 at The Manhattan Theatre Club, 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, (premier featured Paul Giamatti), The Size of the World, (premier featured Liev Schreiber), The Shoreham, (premier featured Eric Stoltz), Celadine, (premier featured Amy Irving), Wilderness of Mirrors, Teds Head, Clouds Hill and Adopt a Sailor, (premier 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, featuring Peter Coyote and the short film Visiting, featuring Amy Locane and James Waterston. Mr. Evered’s work has been profiled in The New York Times, BBC World and on NPR, among other outlets. He is a former Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, where he was attached to the Navy Office of Information.