On CHARLES EVERED:

“Charles Evered’s writing can be both funny and intense, moving and disturbing. He’s a writer unafraid to take on large themes and who never loses sight for what’s at stake for the human lives at the heart of his plays.” David Auburn, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning author of Proof. 

“Chuck’s writing travels. It takes you places you might not normally visit, and then reminds you how happy you are to be home. More than anything, it’s pure joy to act in.” Liev Schrieber, Tony Award winning, Emmy nominated actor. 

“I join the chorus of those who believe that Charles Evered will continue to have an effect on the future of writing and storytelling in this country. He is in possession of an enormous talent.” William Mastrosimone, Emmy winning author of Extremities and The Woolgatherer.

“Charles Evered is an artist of the highest caliber.” Austin Pendleton, Tony Award nominated actor and director. 

“Evered is a gifted, highly sophisticated writer whose work is full of fierce intelligence and wit.The stories he writes are enigmatic, complex and sometimes combative. The only thing more enjoyable than reading his work is acting in it. Eric Stoltz, Tony Award nominated actor. 

“No other artist, other than perhaps Bruce Springsteen, has quite captured as Charles has, the gnawed, frayed and dismayed emotional pulse of a lost but very prevalent creature of the American landscape—those who hover like neglected shadows in our strip malls, parking lots and fading artery towns off the New Jersey landscape.” Bonnie J. Monte, Emeritus Artistic Director, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. 

“In his quick witted and often moving plays, Charles Evered manages, masterfully I might add, to turn the local into the universal and all without the burden of the familiar headlines.” Arthur Hiller, director of “Love Story,” “The Americanization of Emily and Outrageous Fortune. 

“Evered finds magic in the everyday world. He gives dignity and depth to the lives we encounter—illuminating the longing and the loss while managing to surprise us along the way with great laughs. He is a brilliantly talented writer and an original and authentic American voice.” Peter Gallagher, actor and director. 

On “ADOPT A SAILOR”:

“At once hilarious, verbally brutal, revealing, and genuinely tender as three people’s lives intersect to find new and healthy direction.” IMDB.

“Witty and heartfelt. “Adopt a Sailor” carries a whiff of magic realism.” Willamette Week.

On “AN ACTOR’S CAROL”: 

“The triumph of Charles Evered’s “An Actor’s Carol” is that it takes an old story and makes it seem new. His modernized take on Dickin’s ubiquitous holiday parable takes the Ebenezer Scrooge story out of Pre-industrial Revolution London and plops it in a squalid playhouse where season after season of no budget theater has been subsidized by the holiday cash cow that A Christmas Carol has become. It works, because Evered’s even handed, light hearted reinvention of the source material not only delivers Dickin’s original story of human redemption, but also adds some very relevant ideas about tolerance, inclusion and the theater.” Michael C. Moore, Kitsap Sun.

“If A Christmas Carol restores our love of Christmas, An Actor’s Carol restores our love of Christmas and theatre!” Hal Linden, Tony Award winning actor.

“Shines a 21st century light on an age old tale with cleverness, wit and charm.” CV Independent.

“A charming and hilarious modernization of A Christmas Carol.” Catherine Randazzo, Associate Artist, Florida Studio Theatre.

On “CLASS”:

“Alluring. It is very clear that Mr. Evered, a bi-coastal director and playwright knows a good deal about celebrity. Elliot is a fabulous character.” The New York Times. 

“A lovely piece of theatre… a flawless experience that makes you realize just how much value  theatre has in our lives. Evered’s Class surely is a class act. Thoroughly absorbing entertainment.” Broadway World. 

“Wonderful. Evered’s dialogue is sharp, witty, extremely funny and poignant.” LA Examiner. 

“Plenty of laughter, and more. Expect to be surprised. Expect to be moved. What more can one ask from an evening of theatre?” Stage Scene LA.

“Humorous and touching.” On State Los Angeles. 

“A riveting emotional journey.” Entertainment Today. 

“Charles Evered has created a character in Elliot that I would eagerly who I would eagerly follow through a ten part series.” NoHo Arts 

“Masterful. Superbly written.” Tolucan Times. 

On “CELADINE”:

“Critics Choice” LA Times.

“Celadine follows the timeless structure of Restoration comedy, with its concealed identity, ribald humor and courtly intrigue. The play has bright potential for regional repeats or perhaps an off-Broadway run. And if Hollywood were still making those fanciful Technicolor swashbuckling frolics, it would be a dandy entry for a Saturday matinee at the movies.” Variety.

“Wow, exciting! A smart, sexy, soufflé of a play!” Stage Scene/LA.

“(A) bright and breezy hit comedy…splendid…Evered has created the type of heroine Hepburn adored playing. Though Evered is the author of the far more serious Wilderness of Mirrors, he turns out to be quite the jokester here. This has the spirit of an in-his-prime Neil Simon Comedy.” The Star Ledger.

“Celadine is simultaneously uproariously funny—even bawdy—and tragically touching. It has a tinge of the sweep of history and a taste of personal loss and reconciliation…This play—one in a series of “spy plays” Evered has written—is inventive and entertaining in its blending of comedy and personal tragedy and currents of history, a real opportunity to see something different in the theatre.” Home News Tribune.

“Wonderful writing…witty and charming.” The Trenton Times.

“The mood at The George Street Playhouse was electric. The world premiere of a new play by Charles Evered is always an event, but following on the success of last season’s Wilderness of Mirrors, the excitement was heightened…Celadine is a delicious bon bon of witty writing, filled with the spirited passions of the period, sprinkled with the powdered sugar of charm and Restoration intrigues…the laughs come quickly and continue throughout. Playwright Evered has a fine sense of the slightly off-center and shares it comfortably with both the cast and the audience. The Princeton Packet.

“Celadine is filled with clever dialogue, intriguing characters and charming moments…it’s all light and lyrical, with one hilarious scene following another…Celadine moves with flair and keeps its audience riveted…” Curtain Up.

“A play that everyone from fans of Shakespeare to Howard Stern will find funny…you will not find a funnier play anywhere…Evered goes where few male writers ever venture—deep inside the psyche of a woman—and not only makes his female characters believable, but may have created one of the most powerful female lead characters in recent memory in Celadine…an outrageous comedy that will have you laughing non-stop from beginning to end.” Upstage Magazine.

On “MR. MONK AND THE LEPER”:

“The funniest and cleverest “Monk” so far. A copy of “Mr. Monk and the Leper” should be placed in a time capsule and preserved for future generations. It is an ideal example of how comedy and serious drama can interface with each other. IMDB.

On “WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS”:

“This cloak and dagger drama lures its audience into a story of betrayal and shattered trust. An elusive Yale professor recruits a bright but reluctant young student for a career in wartime espionage. Evered has crafted a taut tale of friendship, trust and ultimate heartbreak and betrayal.” Variety. 

“Spellbinding…masterful…heartbreaking. An exciting, intelligent and important addition to the theatrical repertoire.” Home News Tribune. 

“Gripping…Riveting.” The Star Ledger. 

“Theatrially effective and intellectually rewarding. Evered’s spine chilling spy story draws us in like the best of bedtime page turners.” US1 Magazine. 

“Top notch! Brimming with intrigue, deception  and of course romance.” Theatre Scene. 

On “THE SIZE OF THE WORLD”:

“Evered is reflecting a society that has self destructed on blather, bromides, family breakups, pretense and concealment …The Size of the World is tempered with sly humor and hope…a wishful family play about three lost souls in search of a kindred connection that is invested with real feeling.” The New York Times. 

“Fresh, quirky, off beat originality throughout.” Variety. 

“It does not happen often enough that we find a writer willing to probe with new sensibilities the theme of family, which has been the fixation of many of the century’s great plays. Charles Evered has done so, and his work evokes an entirely new approach to grappling with the illusions that so many of us use to get by. He does so with moving humanity, with wry comedy, and with a provocative conclusion, and his style and manner may also tell us something significant about where we are.” Milan Stitt, Playwright, “The Runner Stumbles,” Former Chair, Yale University playwriting program. 

On “A THOUSAND CUTS:” 

“Charles Evered has crafted an intelligent, relevant thriller. Thoroughly absorbing,”Bloody Disgusting.

“ A very entertaining film. This film has something compelling to say.” Pop Cults.

“Unexpectedly timely. Rent it.” DvD Talk.

“Intelligent. Fresh. A great script.” Letterboxd.

“A fascinating commentary on the responsibility of artists to face the consequences of their art.” HorrorHoneys.

“Smart. Builds to a fever pitch.” Aint It Cool News. 

“Incredibly well written and beautifully acted. A wonderfully crafted film. An amazing thriller that is well worth your time.” Rogue Cinema.

“A harsh look at how movies can effect society. Smart. Splendid performances.” Movie Mavericks. 

“An intense, very emotional psychological thriller with first rate acting.” Diabolique Magazine. 

“Hugely relevant. This intense psychological drama delivers a fierce, ferocious conversation about the ripple effects of the extreme violence that passes for entertainment. The kind of story that lingers.” CV Weekly.

On “CLOUDS HILL:” 

In “Clouds Hill,” the war on terror storms the Ivory tower. Playwright Charles Evered studies the shadow of suspicions as it is cast on a student at a Midwestern liberal arts college. In a post 9/11 world, when the student is of Middle Eastern descent, and his specialty is chemistry, the results can be explosive. Evered has plotted an ideological triangle among Michael, a pushy former military man primed to see threats coming from all sides; Jane, a painfully politically correct professor suspicious of homeland security measures and Ahmad, a brilliant but mysterious student. One doubt hovers above them all: is Ahmad a terrorist in hiding? Or, is his only son being a Muslim caught in the net of racial profiling? As the tale unfolds, Evered keeps the atmosphere taut with suspense. Evered isn’t afraid to push our buttons about sexuality as well as race and religion. The language is often heated, sometimes raw, as conservative and liberal viewpoints each are aired with great fervor. Clouds Hill definitely takes the pulse of the country as it is — a place divided by confusion and fear. This is a work that demands something of the viewer, some thought about the world and an examination of self.” San Jose Mercury News.