Equivocation

Bill Cain is the author of HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE, which premiered in the 2011-2012 season at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. His play 9 CIRCLES was awarded the Sky/Cooper Prize by Marin Theatre Company where it received its world premiere production. It has gone to productions around the country including theaters in Boston, Denver and Los Angeles. His play EQUIVOCATION received its world premiere production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and its New York premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club, as well as being produced at the Geffen Playhouse (Ovation Award for Best Play), Seattle Rep, Marin Theatre, and Arena Stage. Other works include STAND-UP TRAGEDY, which earned six LA Critics Awards (including best production and distinguished writing) for its premiere at the Mark Taper Forum before moving around the country and eventually to Broadway. Screen credits include the series “Nothing Sacred” (co-creator/writer/producer) which aired on ABC, an adaptation of “Clover” for the Hallmark channel and HBO, “Nightjohn,” which was named best American film of the year by “The New Yorker,” “Thicker Than Blood” (TNT), which was an adaptation of STAND-UP TRAGEDY, “Everything That Rises” (starring Mandy Patinkin), “Papa’s Angels” (starring Scott Bukula, Cynthia Nixon, and Eva Marie Saint), and “Sounder.” He is the founder of the Boston Shakespeare Company, where he was Artistic Director for seven seasons, directing most of the Shakespeare canon. Awards include: Steinberg New Play Award (first ever recipient two years in a row), multiple Edgerton grants, Helen Hayes Awards , the Joe A. Callaway Award, a Peabody, the WGA Award for Episodic Drama and a Christopher Award, among others.