Masters of Professional Writing Program

Who We Are

Faculty

Prince Gomolvilas

Lecturer

Contact Information
E-mail: prince.gomolvilas@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3252
Office: THH 355

LINKS
Prince Gomolvilas - The Website
Bamboo Nation - The Blog
 

Biographical Sketch

Prince Gomolvilas's plays include BIG HUNK O' BURNIN' LOVE (East West Players, Los Angeles, 1998), THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Singapore Repertory Theatre, Singapore, 2000), BEE (Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, San Francisco, 2001), and the stage adaptation of the Scott Heim novel, MYSTERIOUS SKIN (New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, 2003), which have been produced around United States and in Singapore. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING was published by Dramatic Publishing in 2002.

He received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama; Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwright Award; International Herald Tribune/SRT Playwriting Award; East West Players' Made in America Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for the Asian Pacific Islander Community; grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation; and a screenwriting fellowship from The Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, a program sponsored by Paramount Pictures.

He also tours around the country with musician Brandon Patton as part of the storytelling, song-singing, bingo-playing, comic duo, JUKEBOX STORIES, and he writes the acclaimed blog, BAMBOO NATION.

He received his MFA in Playwriting and his BA in Film from San Francisco State University.