Eric Peter Schwartz

Writer

http://www.myspace.com/schwartzcaster

http://www.bwatersmedia.com

 

(Prior to 1990:  Began writing and performing in sketch comedy workshops in 1986. Performed in High School and Community College productions from 1988 to 1990)

                               

1990       The Odd Couple                                                   Stage Company Ltd.  – (Actor: Speed)

                Born Yesterday                                                    Summer Place Theater Co. – (Actor: Hotel Manager)

                Dracula                                                                 Riverfront Playhouse – (Stage Manager)

                Outward Bound                                                    Riverfront Playhouse – (Actor: Scrubby)

 

1991       Auntie Mame                                                        Aurora Theater Ensemble.  – (Actor: Various)

                The Murder Room                                               Stage Company Ltd.  – (Actor: Barry)

                Cat on a Hot Tin Roof                                         Riverfront Playhouse  - (Stage Manager)                       

 

1992       Bleacher Bums                                                    Stage Company Ltd.  – (Actor: Cheerleader)                 

                Whispering In Van Gogh’s Ear                        Strange’s  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Producer)

Musical Comedy Murders of 1940                  Stage Company Ltd.   – (Actor: Helsa/Deter)

The Laughter of Solace                                      Student Film  - Actor (Richard Solace)             

                They’re Just Monkeys With Hairspray         Strange’s  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Producer)

 

1993       Learning To Fly                                                   Student Film  - (Actor: Eric)

Black Comedy                                                      Stage Company Ltd  - (Director)

Spare Change                                                      Student Film – (Actor : Unnamed/Writer)

                Bram Stoker’s Buttfuocco                                Strange’s  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Producer)

                (plus 3 road/for hire shows with Strange’s)   

 

1994       Insomnia Theater (Weekly)                               Riverfront Playhouse   Ensemble (Writer/Actor)

                Full Circle                                                            Indie Film (unfinished) – (Actor: Various/Composer)

                Reflections of Light                                            Collection (Contributing Poet) American Library of Poetry ISBN: 1-56167-264-5

 

1995       Insomnia Theater (Weekly)                               Riverfront Playhouse   Ensemble (Writer/Actor)

                The Do-It-Yourself Home Oil Change

                   Kit and Messiah                                                Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                (Plus 6 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

                               

1996       Insomnia Theater (Weekly)                               Riverfront Playhouse   Ensemble (Writer/Actor)

                96 Tears                                                                Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                Stafford’s Used Auto (3 spots)                          WSPY Radio Commercials (Writer/Producer)

Michael Jackson: First Contact                       Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                (plus 5 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)  

 

1997       Everybody Must Get Cloned                               Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                Jim’s Auto Body                                                  Local TV Ad – (Actor : Dumb Mechanic)

Things To Do With Bob Denver

                   When He’s Dead                                               Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                Shake, Rattle and Walk                                     Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

                (plus 5 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

 

1998       Gag Reflex In A Tent  (7 Shows)                      Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

Apollodent                                                             Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician)

(Plus 4 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

 

1999       It’s A Wonderful Job                                          Corporate Performance  Actor  (Various)

Gag Reflex – It’s A Sick World, Betty            Independent CD Release (Writer/Musician)

Glass Eyes Wide Shut                                        Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                Polka, Mon                                                           Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                (Plus 8 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

 

 

2000       Gag Reflex Comedy Theater

                     of the Air (9 Episodes)                   Internet Radio Series   (Producer/Writer/Actor/Musician)

                16 To Midnight    (10 Episodes)                        Internet Radio Series   (Producer/Writer/Actor/Musician)

                Steve Lord’s Mid-Life Crisis                            Internet Radio Series   (Co-Producer)

                No-Talent Night                                                   Corporate Performance  (Host)

Boundary Waters Media                                    Website (Webmaster/Writer)

Recount Dracula                                 Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

 

2001       Gag Reflex Comedy Theater

                     of the Air (3 Episodes)                   Internet Radio Series   (Producer/Writer/Actor/Musician)

                The Viagra Monologues                                    Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                No-Talent Night                                                   Corporate Performance  (Host)

                Welcome Back, Potter                                       Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                Gag Reflex - Viagra Monologues                     Independent CD Release (Producer/Writer/Actor/Musician)    

                (Plus 9 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

 

 

2002       No-Talent Night                                                   Corporate Performance  (Host)

Monkey With A Laptop                                      Blog (Writer)

I Want Iraq & Roll All Nite!                             Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

(Plus 6 road/ for hire shows with Gag Reflex  and several solo open mic performances)

 

2003       Big City                                                                 Web Fiction Series  (Writer/Producer)

Reflexology                                                           Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

(Plus 9 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex and several solo open-mic performances)

 

2004       Dude, Where’s My Carbs                  Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                (Plus 4 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex)

 

2005       Gag Reflex – House Blend                 Independent CD Release (Producer/Writer/Musician)

                Desperate Houseflies                                         Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                The Farm                                                              Web Fiction Series  (Writer/Producer)

                Happy Sunshine Kill You Die                           Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                (plus 4 road/for hire performances with Gag Reflex)

 

 

2006       Brokeback Steakhouse                                     Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

The Dave & Ben Ensemble                                First Street Playhouse (Technical Director)

We Paid To Be In This Show                            First Street Playhouse (Instructor/Director)

                Gag Reflex TV (15 episodes)                             Cable Access Series (Producer/Director/Performer)

First Street Comedy Festival                            First Street Playhouse (Co-Producer/ Performer)

                Hezbollahpalooza                                 Gag Reflex  - Ensemble (Writer/Actor/Musician/Director)

                (plus 4 road/for hire shows with Gag Reflex, 5 music appearances with Lord & Schwartz)    

               

2007       First Street Open Mic                                        First Street Playhouse (Producer/Host)                         

Get In The Van                                                     First Street Playhouse (Instructor/Director)  

Diary of Ball Park Frank                  Acid Reflux (Contributing Writer)

Crawlspace Issue 004                                        Literary eZine (Contributing Writer: “Marjorie Aplomb”)

Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild                        First Street Playhouse (Director)

www.bobhayes.us                                 Political Website (Co-Webmaster)

Acid Reflux: Gone Wild!!                                  Acid Reflux (Contributing Writer)

                Taming of the Shrew                                          First Street Playhouse (Producer)

                Pillowman                                                             First Street Playhouse (Executive Producer/Prop Master)

                Weird Atomic Vampirates

                     That Feed Off Human Hair                           Acid Reflux (Contributing Writer)    

                (Plus 3 appearances with Lord & Schwartz)

 

2008       Scream – A Collection of Poetry                      Poetry Anthology  (Contributing Poet) EditRed Publishing ISBN: 978-0—6151-6445-8

                The Variety Show Murders                               Murder Mystery Dinner – Geneva Underground Playhouse (Co-Writer/Performer)

                The Platonic Bomb                                              Short Film (Screenwriter)  - Produced by Poorchild Films

                Inherit the Wind                                                  Geneva Underground Playhouse/Kane County Bar Assoc. (Director)

                (plus multiple appearances w/ The Schwartz Band)

  

MISCELLANEOUS WRITER

 

Romancing Death                                                Screenplay

H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Tomb’                             Screenplay

Tino di Bellezza                                                   Short Screenplay 

Poking Dead Things                                           Short Screenplay (in competition)

A Word of Advice                                                Short Screenplay (in competition)

3 ½ Walls                                                             Short Screenplay (in competition)

Zone Jumper                                                        Radio Drama Pilot

An Easy Heaven                                                   One Act Play

Sunlight Wrap-Around Indigo                         One Act Play

His Last Gun                                                        One Act Play

Big City: Pilot                                                      TV Pilot Script

Wasted                                                                  One Act Play

 

OTHER WEBSITES THAT I CONTRIBUTE WRITING OR MUSIC TO

 

Fiction Press

This is By Us

Helium   

Edit Red

MySpace Blog     

Soundclick (Schwartz)

Soundclick (Barry Newton & The Plagues)

Soundclick (JACK)

 

OTHER VARIOUS

 

Guest comedy instructor at West Aurora High School’s Senior Arts Symposium in Aurora, IL

 

1996 – 1997         Freelance Journalist working with the Copley News Service

 

2006                       Member of the Board of Directors at The First Street Playhouse in Batavia, IL   

 

2006                       Young adult comedy class instructor at The First Street Playhouse in Batavia, IL

 

2007                       Executive Director,  First Street Playhouse/ Geneva Underground Playhouse in Batavia/Geneva , IL