Frederick Mensch

Frederick Mensch

Frederick Mensch is a Chicago-based screenwriter and playwright. His screenplay NIGHTINGALE, starring David Oyelowo (“The Butler”), premiered at the L.A. Film Festival in June, 2014, and his screenplay SUPREME RULER is in development with Ron Livingston, Marcia Gay Harden, and Vincent D’Onofrio attached to star. His one-act play FATHER was the winner of 2013 Tennessee Williams Playwriting Competition.

Plays

  • Father
    Winner of the 2013 Tennessee William One Act Playwriting Competition. Peter Snowden and his older sister Vicki are the only mourners at the wake of their estranged and abusive father, Robert. They share memories of their unhappy childhood, but are forced to confront the possibility that their father may have changed his ways when they learn of his unlikely, late-in-life friendship with a young, amiable...
    Winner of the 2013 Tennessee William One Act Playwriting Competition. Peter Snowden and his older sister Vicki are the only mourners at the wake of their estranged and abusive father, Robert. They share memories of their unhappy childhood, but are forced to confront the possibility that their father may have changed his ways when they learn of his unlikely, late-in-life friendship with a young, amiable funeral home director, David Kennedy.