About

Perry Martin (Producing Artistic Director) is the President of Evangeline Entertainment, a company that offers development & consulting services for the theatrical, television, film, concert, talent, and special events industries. He is the co-founding Producing Artistic Director for the Halifax Theatre Company & the Bayou Playhouse. National television appearances include: CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, ABC Nightly News & CNN.Mr. Martin was awarded two National Telly Awards for Advertising and is an annual judge for the Daytime Emmy Awards. While in New York, he worked for The Greater Talent Agency as a lecture agent for celebrities such as Mel Blanc, Hunter S. Thomson & Stephen King. New York theatrical credits include: world premieres of The Kingfish (Jonh Houseman Theatre), A Different Woman (Collective Cabaret), Mirrors of Chartres' Street (SoHoPlayhouse) and Katrina, the Mothering-In-Law of Em' All (SoHo Playhouse), and he was the developmentalproducing director for the Inter-National tour of Smoke & Mirrors, starring Anthony Herrera of As The World Turns. Mr. Martin directed and produced over 140 plays including: World premieres of Earl Long in Purgatory, Ain’t Dat Super, Miz Caraway & the Kingfish, Spiritual Gifts, Tant Que Durera La Terre, A Confederacy of Dunces, Floating Palace, Turtles & Alligators, Torn Page, the Pulitzer Prize nominated Rising Water, and four newly discovered Tennessee Williams plays. Mr. Martin recently co-wrote the screenplay anddirected a film adaptation of The Palooka by Tennessee Williams starring Bryan Batt (Mad Men). Currently, he is working on the screenplay of Okra, a feature film adaptation of Anne Galjour's hit Cajun comedy play. He is also writing A Blur in the Eye of the Storm, a dark comedic novel. Works by Tennessee Williams FILM The Palooka (15 minute short film based on the one act play by Tennessee Williams). Screenplay: Perry Martin & Zack Kron. Director: Perry Martin. Starring: Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Dane Rhodes (Love Song for Bobby Long) & Zack Kron. Produced By The Glass Pictures. Winner: BEST FILM - Underfunded Film Festival, Utah Winner: BEST HOME GROWN FILM - Lake Charles Film Festival, Louisiana The Palooka was world premiered at the 2015 Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans Literary Festival & screened at over 12 film festivals across the country including the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Perry Martin Bio, Page 2 THEATRE WORLD PREMIERES: Tennessee in the Ouartre', An Evening of One Acts by Tennessee Williams Mister Paradise by Tennessee Williams Escape by Tennessee Williams Thank You Kind Spirits by Tennessee Williams Interior Panic by Tennessee Williams Theatre: Southern Rep., New Orleans, Louisiana Director: Perry Martin Producer: Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans Literary Festival REGIONAL PREMIERES: Tiger Tale by Tennessee Williams Theatre: Le Petit Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana Director: Perry Martin Producer: Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans Literary Festival And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens by Tennessee Williams Theatre: Southern Rep., New Orleans, Louisiana. Director: Perry Martin Producer: Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans Literary Festival I Can't Imagine Tomorrow by Tennessee Williams Theatre: The Shim Sham Club Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. Director: Perry Martin Producer: Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans Literary Festival Lifeboat Drill

Education

• Nicholls State University

Favorite saying

• ""Luck is the residue of design" "