William R. Duell
(Playwright)
His first produced play, The Journey, a one-act drama, was presented in March 2009 at American Theatre of Actors in Manhattan by James Jennings, President and Artistic Director of ATA, and was a finalist for the Arts and Letters Prize in Drama. Full-length unproduced plays include Bondage, first stage readings June 30 and July 1, 2019 at Stages Repertory in Houston, directed by Stages founder Ted Swindley; Shadow Play, a finalist for the 2019 Garry Marshall New Works Festival and a finalist or semi-finalist in six other competitions, and Trees in the Woods, a finalist of the 2016 Warner International Playwrights Festival. Duell is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America and a board member of Houston-based WordsmythTheater Co., which promotes new works by playwrights from around the world.
