Prufrock and Time

Perry T. Schwartz is the Producing Director of Ol' Black Bear Productions. He has been producing and directing theatre and film in the metropolitan Washington, DC area since 1971. He has directed over 100 theatre productions at the college and professional levels. Professionally, he has been the artistic director for two theatre companies, Playwrights' Co-op and the Washington Theatre Wing. In the late 70's he directed "The Square Root of Soul" starring the late and great Adolph Caesar. In 1989 the film and video company Ol' Black Bear Productions was formed. Mr. Schwartz directed and produced "Soap Opera," a video adaptation of a play, which won a Rosebud Award in 1992 as Best Feature and the concert video, "Shizumi Dance Theatre" and "The Boarding Party." He has written, produced and directed several short films including , "Rats, "Leo and Mars," "Call Crystal" and "Snake." "Rats" won a TIVA Peer Award for Best Experimental Short Film in 2007. He has adapted and directed several evenings of short stories for reader's theatre. Neil Gaiman, Alison Baker, Richard Bausch and Robert Day are some of the short story authors whose works have been produced in these readers theatre productions. He has written "Enjoying Theatre Arts" a text on film and theatre appreciation. Mr. Schwartz holds an MFA from Ohio University in theatre and filmmaking and an MA from the University of Kansas in theatre. He was the chairman of Communication and Performing Arts at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, MD. He was the coordinator of the American Film Institute's Professional Training Division Workshops held at Montgomery College. Mr. Schwartz taught film at the college and conducted professional moviemaking workshops for AFI. He is now retired from teaching and continues his filmmaking for Ol' Black Bear Productions.