| Since moving to Whidbey in the
early '90s, Evans has written and/or produced and
directed over a dozen plays, among them, Wings
of the Termite, Seduced, American
Buffalo, Sliding Dog, True West,
Angel City, Pelican Roofer, and Labor
of Love. His plans for the future include Club
Dead (another musical collaboration with
Michael Licastro), Shepard's Suicide in Bb;
The Threepenny Opera, and a project for
Save The Woods On Saratoga called Stumped.
Prior to discovering life on the island, Evans
appeared as an actor in over 300 film and
television productions, including Islands in
the Stream, The Nickel Ride, and Dirty
Little Billy, and created the continuing role
of Paul Hanley in the ABC TV series, Peyton
Place. He has worked with stars Jack
Nicholson, George C. Scott, Martin Landau,
Barbara Hershey, Mia Farrow, Claire Bloom, David
Hemmings, Gilbert Roland, Lew Ayres, Elisha Cook,
Jr., Michael J. Pollard, Burgess Meredith, Lee J.
Cobb, Raymond Massey, Walter Matthau, Edmond
O'Brien, Strother Martin, and Oscar-winning
director, Franklin J. Schaffner. Evans also
wrote, produced, photographed, and directed one
of the first anti-war films of the 60's, Toys
on a Field of Blue. The music for the film
was written by Gary Peacock and performed by Bud
Shank. In 1971, Evans completed his first feature
film, Original - Do Not Project, the story
of a young filmmaker, with Corey Allen (Buzz in Rebel
Without a Cause) in a featured role as a
prison psychiatrist who lives in a freight
elevator. The film was shown at the Cannes
Festival in 1972, where it was booed by starlets
and condemned by the Pope. Evans studied violin
as a child and has never recovered. He cannot
swan dive, but would like, nonetheless, to thank
his friend, Efram Wolff, an artist, for
introducing him to Archie Shepp, a saxophonist. |
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