Биография
Shem studied acting at New York's High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard, earning an MFA in playwriting from the University of Iowa. Sensitive Skin is his 19th produced play. Other notable works include The Job at Circus Theatricals, which won the LA Times Critic's Circle Award for Best New Play, transferred off-Broadway, and was published by Samuel French and Smith & Kraus; The Circle at Circus Theatricals in LA, a 2005 Pen/West Finalist; Ten Below at the WPA, starring Kevin Conway and Anthony Edwards, winner of the National Play Award; Peephole at Geva, recipient of the Davie Award; Night-Side, a one-woman show at Actor's Theatre of Louisville starring Pamela Gien; The Ramp at South Coast Rep, winner of the Californian Playwright's Competition; Beijing Legends at the Pacific Jewish Theatre, awarded the Fund For New American Plays; Self Storage at the Odyssey; and Iowa Boys at The Actor's Studio, winner of the CBS/FDG New Plays Award. His produced films include Lenexa, 1 Mile, featuring Paul Wesley, Jason Ritter, Chris Klein, and William Baldwin; Peephole, directed by Shem; Out of the Rain starring Bridget Fonda; Off the Lip starring Marguerite Moreau; Tinsletown with Joe Pantoliano and Ron Perlman; and Open House starring Jason Wiles. Shem has developed and performed in plays at The Mark Taper Forum, Sundance, the Midwest Playlabs, and Steppenwolf, and has written screenplays for Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Disney, and various independent film companies. He has also taught screenwriting, playwriting, and acting in California prisons and in Beijing, China.
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