HW Freedman
I hold British, American and Italian passports.
My plays, screenplays and book have achieved more than 35 awards internationally.
Theatre: Several of my full-length plays have been produced in the USA (including Off-Broadway), UK (including London and Edinburgh Festival), and Italy in the Italian language (including in Rome, Spoleto, Formello, Teatro Cristallo Bolzano etc)
Selling Off:...
I hold British, American and Italian passports.
My plays, screenplays and book have achieved more than 35 awards internationally.
Theatre: Several of my full-length plays have been produced in the USA (including Off-Broadway), UK (including London and Edinburgh Festival), and Italy in the Italian language (including in Rome, Spoleto, Formello, Teatro Cristallo Bolzano etc)
Selling Off: Off Broadway at John Houseman Theatre, NYC, Directed by Gene Feist;
Ella's Secret (in English): Baron’s Court Theatre, London, UK, July 2015 directed by Edward Davies, and Ethnic Cultural Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, Directed by Harris;
Tchaikovsky (in Italian): Teatro Dell'Orologio Sala Orfeo, Roma; Teatro Millelire, Roma; Teatro Cristallo, Bolzano, Italy, productions Directed by Harris;
Ella's Secret (In Italian): Teatro Millelire, Roma, Spoleto La Mama Fringe Festival, e Teatro Dell'Angelo, Rome Italy, directed by Harris
Moscow Shadows: The New End Theatre, Hampstead, London, Directed by Philip Grout;
A Minute of Silence: Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London, Directed by Harris;
Something in Common: Assembly Rooms Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, London, both productions Directed by Harris.
Lunch with Sandy: A 10-minute play, The Machine Room Theatre, London, Directed by Emma Benson;
Peanut Butter and Jelly: University of the Streets Theatre, NYC, Directed by Harris;
There Aren't Any: various venues in NYC, Directed by Harris;
The Family Jewels, workshop production, Directed By Gene Crain, Playwrights' Forum, Memphis Tennesee, USA
Radio: There Aren't Any, Rutgers University Radio, New Jersey, USA
Staged readings directed by Harris:
The Thieves Road (in Italian): Teatro Argot Studio, Roma in Italian under the title "L'Ultima Battaglia di Custer".
The Family Jewels: Main stage at Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus (West End);
Tchaikovsky: Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Gardens, London.
Through A Tunnel Of Silence: Tabard Theatre, London
Whisper of Wings: University Of The Streets, Greenwich Village, NYC
Film: My feature-length Screenplays include; Broken Thread, Produced by Deepak Nayar (At Eternity's Gate; Bend it Like Beckham; Buena Vista Social Club etc.) The fiim was shot in India and the UK.
Member of The Dramatists Guild NYC, Society of Authors UK, English PEN, SIAE Italy.
Awards:
. The Post Office (Screenplay) – Award Winner – Tagore International Film Festival
2023 January
. A Death in Brooklyn – Capital Fund 2023-HOT 100 screenplays
2023
. The Thieves Road (Stage Play) – Official Selection – Best Script Award London 2023
2023
. Southern Justice (Screenplay) – Semi Finalist – 28th Annual “Fade In” Awards 2023
2023
. The Family Jewels (Stage Play) – Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
2023
. A Death In Brooklyn (Screenplay) – Second Rounder, -Austin Film Festival
2022
. Southern Justice (Screenplay) – Top 10 Finalist -Table Read My Screenplay Summer Contest
2022
. Southern Justice (Screenplay) – Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival
2022
• Selling Off (Screenplay)- Quarter Finalist - Stage 32 True Story, Biopic
(2022)
• The Thieves Road (Stage Play) Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
(2022)
• Southern Justice (Screenplay) - Quarter Finalist - Emerging Screenwriting Genre
(2022)
• Southern Justice (Screenplay) - Top 10 Finalist -Table Read My Screenplay Summer Contest
(2022)
• Southern Justice (Screenplay) - No.3 of Hot 100 Winners - Capital Fund Screenwriting Competition
(2021)
• Southern Justice (Screenplay) – Quarter Finalist - Stage 32 Screenwriting Contest
(2021)
• A Minute of Silence (Screenplay) Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition, Quarter Finalist
(2021)
• Moscow Shadows – (Stage Play) Winner of Grant for a Theatre Production in Rome, Italy euros 42,900 ($47,000)
(2019)
• My Name Isn't Judit (Screenplay) Semi-Finalist-Table Read My Screenplay - Austin Film Festival
(2019)
• The Thieves Road (Stage Play) - Honorable Mention - New Works of Merit Playwrighting Contest
(2018)
• The Post Office - (Screenplay) Best Spiritual Screenplay - European Spiritual Film Festival
(2012)
• The Thieves Road - Best Stage Play - Moondance International Film Festival
(2011)
• The Post Office - (Screenplay) Official Selection - Mexico International Film Festival
(2011)
• Southern Justice - (Screenplay) Aloha Accolade Award Winner - Honolulu Film Festival
(2011)
• Southern Justice, - (Screenplay) Special Selection Fifth Place - Canadian International Film
(2010)
• Southern Justice - (Screenplay) Semi-Finalist - RIFF Rhode Island Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
(2010)
• Selling Off - (Screenplay) Finalist- The Ace Fest Great American Screenplay Competition
(2010)
• A Minute of Silence.- (Screenplay) Semi-Finalist - Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
(2010)
• Selling Off - (Screenplay) Honourable Mention - Amsterdam Film Festival.
(2010)
• Something in Common - (Screenplay) Quarter Finalist - Writers Network Screenplay and Fiction
(2010)
• The Post Office – (Screenplay) Semi-Finalist - Kaos Films British Feature Film
(2008)
• The Post Office – (Screenplay) Finalist - London Independent Film Festival Feature Screenplay Award
(2008)
• Southern Justice – (Screenplay) Semi Finalist- Writemovies.com International Writing Contest Feature Screenplay
(2008)
• The Family Jewels (Stage Play) - Semi Finalist - Writemovies.com International Writing Contest
(2008)
• nIrina's Eye – (Novel) Quarter Finalist - Writer’s Network 15th Annual Fiction Unpublished Novels
(2007)
• My Name Isn't Judit – (Screenplay) Finalist - Writemovies.com International Writing Contest Screenplay Award
(2007)
• Selling Off – (Screenplay) Semi Finalist- Writemovies.com International Writing Contest Feature Screenplay Award
(2007)
• Irina's Eye – (Novel) Semi Finalist - William Faulkner Writing Competition for Unpublished Novels
(2006)
• The Post Office – (Screenplay) Quarter Finalist - Slamdance Screenplay Competition
(2006)
• The Family Jewels (Stage Play) - Finalist - Sonoma County Repertory Play Competition
(2002)
• A Minute of SIlence (Stage. Play) - Finalist - New Century Playwright Awards
(2001)
• A Minute of Silence (Stage Play) - Semi Finalist - Julie Harris Award, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild
(1998)