Douglas Moser

Douglas Moser is a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist. His YA novel Pussy Boy was developed at the Yale Writers’ Workshop and the Westport Writers’ Workshop. His adaptation of Dickens “A Christmas Carol” received the Connecticut Critics’ Circle Award when performed at the Westport Country Playhouse. “Elegy for Ebenezer” was later workshopped at Long Wharf Theatre. “Reborn Again,” a screenplay co-written with Pat Watkins, was optioned for production in 2010, and is currently being developed as a 10-part comedy series. Doug spent over 15 years as a corporate journalist, producer, and internal communications coordinator for a global management consulting firm. Beyond his ever-growing writing career, he continues to work as a professional theatre director. In addition to directing plays and musicals in New York and regional theatres, he made his opera debut directing the world premiere of Paula Kimper’s and Wende Person’s “Patience & Sarah” at Lincoln Center. This groundbreaking opera, based on Isabel Miller’s book about two women who find love in early 19^th Century New England, is the first lesbian-themed opera. Doug has worked with a number of playwrights and composers to develop Broadway-bound musicals and plays, with extensive workshop experience including the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and the New York Theatre Workshop at Dartmouth. Moser’s acclaimed short film “Glacier Bay,” starring James Noble and Dorothy Bryce, screenplay by Frederick Stroppel, received numerous awards on the festival circuit.