William Missouri Downs,originally from Bay City, Michigan, is an American playwright, director and author. William Missouri Downs is the 2012-2013 winner of a rolling opening from the National New Play Network. His plays have been produced by the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, the New York City Fringe Festival, The InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia, The San Diego Rep, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Salt Lake City Acting Company, the Actors Theatre of Charlotte, the International Theatre Festival in Israel, the Stadt Theater Walfischgasse in Austria, the Detroit Rep, the Durban Performing Arts Center in South Africa, and over 100 other theatres worldwide. Bill is represented by the Beacon Agency in New York City. He holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of Illinois and an M.F.A. in screenwriting from U.C.L.A. He was trained in playwriting by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, in screenwriting by Oscar-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant and in directing by Oscar-nominated director Jerzy Antczak. 

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