ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" > <head> <title>Dr. David Crawford Playwright</title> <meta name="description" content="Award Winning Playwright Dr. David Crawford"/> <meta name="keywords" content="David Crawford, Dr. David Crawford, Dr. David Wright Crawford, East Texan playwright, Southern playwright, theatre teacher, Tyler Junior College theatre, TJC theatre chair, scenebook"/> <link href="layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!-- google analytics --> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25740617-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </head> <body> <div id="background"> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="namepic"> <img src="images/crawfordheaderfun.png" alt="David Wright Crawford" width="750" height="304"> </div> <div id="linklist"> <a href="index.html">Home</a> <a href="plays.html">Plays</a> <a href="bio.html">Bio</a> <a href="press.html">Press</a> <a href="mailto:&#100;&#119;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#099;&#114;&#097;&#119;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#064;&#103;&#109;&#097;&#105;&#108;&#046;&#099;&#111;&#109;?subject=Inquiry From Website"">Contact</a> </div> <div id="mainside"> <p>&quot;A new voice in American theatre&quot;, Dr. David Crawford is a staple in the playwright industry hailing from rural East Texas. His love for simplicity bred by the great outdoors and playful adventures life brings is evident in his scripts. Described as &quot;a new Southern Gentleman of Theatre&quot;, his works echo a &quot;Tennessee Williams feeling but touched with the vitality of a Hemingway&quot;.</p> <p>As the chair of the Speech and Theatre Department at Tyler Junior College for 25 years, Dr. Crawford has poured his heart and soul into young individuals ready for molding that have gone on to be artists and practitioners of theatre from New York to California.</p> <p>Dr. Crawford's plays have been professionally published and featured Off-Broadway as well as winning numerous national and regional awards.</p> <p class="smalltext"> <img src="images/swirl.png" alt="David Crawford's publisher" width="40" height="104" style="float:left; padding:9px;" > <span class="regular"><br />Dr. Crawford's plays and books are published by:</span><br /> <span class="press"> Players Press, Inc.</span><br/> P.O. Box 1132<br/> Studio City, California 91614-0132 USA<br/> Phone: 818-789-4980</p> </div> <div id="footer">&copy; 2011 Dr. David Crawford Playwright</div> </div> </body> </html>