I began writing plays when I realized one could.

The playwrights of my youth were not human beings, they were Gods. Williams, Inge, Chekov, Shakespeare were not people, they were religious icons. Once I understood these playwrights were walking, breathing humans, who were dedicated to storytelling, I began to write.

I’ve discovered through the pursuit of playwriting, a playwright (or any creative artist) must have a passionate vision, courage, craft, an obsession with telling stories of the human condition, and above all heart!

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KILLERS, Silver Award, WRPNSC Screenwriting Competition

THE BOG, semi-finalist, Page Turner Screenplay Competition

TEXAS HOMOS, Platinum Award, the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival

KILLERS, Best Feature Screenplay and Best Overall Screenplay at the ReelHeART International Film Festival

KILLERS, Award of Special Merit, IndieFEST Film Awards

WILLY, (a short play) podcast by Open Door Playhouse, November 2023. https://www.opendoorplayhouse.org/opendoortheaterplays/willy

FOUR SEASONS OF COVID, selected for Sydney World Film Festival.

KILLERS, “Quarter Finalist,” New York Metropolitan Screenwriting and Film Awards.

KILLERS granted “Honorable Mention,” 2023 Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival.

THE BOG was a quarterfinalist in the 2022 Screencraft Horror Competition!

TEXAS HOMOS named “Finalist” for the 2021 San Francisco Independent Film Festival!

TEXAS HOMOS was selected by the 2020 Austin Lift-Off Festival!

COYOTE RED, selected for the WORLD Film Festival (WFF) Los Angeles!

Scenes from my play RAPIDS, go to (275) RAPIDS, by Jan Buttram | Prism Stage Company – YouTube!

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