Charles Evered took his undergraduate degree from Rutgers-Newark and an MFA from Yale University, where he studied with director George Roy Hill. Mr. Evered 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 plays include: Running Funny, (premiere featured Paul Giamatti), The Size of the World, (premiere featured Liev Schreiber), The Shoreham, (premiere featured Eric Stoltz), Adopt a Sailor, (premiere featured Sam Waterston and Eli Wallach,) Celadine, (premiere featured Amy Irving) and Class, (premiere featured Heather Matarazzo.) Additional plays include: Wilderness of Mirrors, Teds Head and Clouds Hill.
He has written screenplays and teleplays for studios such as: Universal Pictures, NBC, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures. His produced film and television credits include a double episode of Monk entitled “Mr. Monk and the Leper” for USA Network, starring Tony Shalhoub. Mr. Evered also wrote and directed the feature film Adopt a Sailor, featuring Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth. Adopt a Sailor was an official selection at more than 20 national and international film festivals and was distributed by Echo Bridge Entertainment. In addition, he wrote and directed the short film Visiting, featuring Amy Locane, which premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Mr. Evered’s work has been profiled in The New York Times, BBC World and on NPR, among other outlets. He is a former officer in the United States Navy Reserve, having gained the rank of Lieutenant. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the University of California in Riverside.
