Norman A. Bert earned his PhD at Indiana University, specializing in dramatic theory and criticism. He has taught acting, playwriting, and other theatre courses in Pennsylvania and Montana since 1975. He currently teaches playwriting and dramatic analysis at Texas Tech University. He has been actively involved in the Playwriting Awards Committee of the American College Theatre Festival and the Playwrights Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. He has written over twenty-five play scripts, most of which have been published and/or produced, and has authored several books. Besides writing, teaching and directing theatre, he enjoys traveling and spending quality time with his good friend and companion Geppetto, a Maltese.

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