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William Hezlep was born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. At seventeen he headed for bigger waters and spent three years on a destroyer in the North Atlantic chasing Russian subs and patrolling the Caribbean and Persian Gulf. Upon completion of his Navy service he attended Westminster College in Pennsylvania where he received his B.A.. He spent several years acting and then attended Wayne State University in Detroit where he was awarded a Hilberry Theatre Fellowship and was strongly influenced by Tyrone Guthrie. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from there. While in Detroit he performed in the Hilberry Classic Theatre Repertory Company for five years. He has also been an actor at L.S.U., The Pittsburgh Playhouse, toured with a Pittsburgh children's theatre company and has done summer stock in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota. As a member of the Screen Actors Guild he freelanced in industrial films and television. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America and has been included in Outstanding Educators of America, Who's Who in the Midwest, and Who's Who in Entertainment. Bill has written numerous One-Act plays six of which are included in American Plays of the Past and American Plays of the Present. Of his six full length plays only Runestone has been published. He also created a childrens series of plays entitled The Travelers which chronicles the adventures of a brother and sister with their strange Scottish Nanny. The series includes Nessie, Ghost Town, Cayman Duppy, Pharaoh's Dagger, Treasure of the Mayans, Tower of London, How Come Christmas?, Red Cloud's Revenge, Merlin's Cave, Shipwrecked, Kokopelli's Cave, Trouble In the Mountains, Bog Bodies, Bigfoot, Curse of the Tomb Raiders and Time Travelers. Several of his children's plays have won awards. William Hezlep is a retired Professor Emeritus of theatre from Southwest Minnesota State University. His former students today work in all areas of theatre, film and television. Scripts and rights are available from: Players Press P. O. Box 1132 Studio City, CA 91614-0132 Telephone: 818-789-4980 E-mail: [email protected]. You may contact William Hezlep at [email protected] or 507-532-3538

William Hezlep was born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. At seventeen he headed for bigger waters and spent three years on a destroyer in the North Atlantic chasing Russian subs and patrolling the Caribbean and Persian Gulf. Upon completion of his Navy service he attended Westminster College in Pennsylvania where he received his B.A.. He spent several years acting and then attended Wayne State Univ... More