EPISODE 13: Writing for Stage, Screen & In Between
June 26, 2022
New Jersey native Bill Mesce, Jr. is an author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. He talks with Mark Spina about the differences in approach when writing for the stage versus the screen.
Bill's first novel, The Advocate, won in the novel-writing category of the America’s Best competition, and was followed by two equally-acclaimed sequels, Officer of the Court and The Defender, as well as the non-fiction works Peckinpah’s Women: A Reappraisal of the Portrayal of Women in the Period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Artists on the Art of Survival: Observations on Frustration, Perspiration, and Inspiration for the Young Artist.
His screenwriting credits include Road Ends, starring Dennis Hopper and Mariel Hemingway, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma’s political thriller Blow Out. His plays include A Jersey Cantata, which was named one of the best new plays to debut in New Jersey in the 97-98 season, and will be revived this summer by The Theater Project in Maplewood.
Credits
- Audio Engineer Gary Glor
- One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou
Links and Resources
- Neil Simon
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Aaron Sorkin
- A Few Good Men
- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- The Odd Couple
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Mike Nichols
- The Hospital
- Network
- Sidney Lumet
- Ned Beatty
- Peter Finch
- Owen Roizman
- Iron Man
- Cary Grant
- Katharine Hepburn
- Bringing Up Baby
- What's Up, Doc?
- The Hangover
- Irma Vep
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