Two Plays

Carl Oprey writes prose fiction, journalism and stage and screen. His screenplays have been commissioned by Searchlight Pictures, Channel 4, Scottish Screen and BBC Films. He’s originated and developed television series in the UK and US. His stage plays have been performed in London, Los Angeles and New York. Short fiction has been published in Queer Episodes: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose (Little Brown, 2014), and longlisted in the BBC First Words Short Story Award (2016). His novel, The Man Who, was longlisted for the Polari Prize. Print and radio journalism has appeared in Ragazine, G Scene, KPFK Los Angeles and IMRU Radio, Los Angeles. For ten years he wrote the monthly magazine column for the LGBTQ+ publication, GScene, under the guise of Queer activist, Charlie Bauer PhD. He’s had work performed at festivals and events in Brighton, London, Liverpool, Los Angeles and New York. He’s lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, London, Liverpool, Moscow, Jordan, Cairo, Kerala, Carlisle, 29 Palms and Geneva. He is based between New York and Liverpool, where he teaches at NYU and the Liverpool Screen School (LJMU). His novel in progress is The Lawn of Sleeping Soldiers.