Biographies

Paul Day Clemens
Paul Day Clemens (playwright) is co-author of The Actor's Book of Improvisation and has written several screenplays with longtime friend and collaborator Ron Magid. As an actor, he starred in the highly acclaimed television movie A Death in Canaan, and guest-starred in numerous television series. His film work includes co-starring roles in Promises in the Dark with Marsha Mason and The Passage with Anthony Quinn and James Mason; and the leading role in the cult favorite The Beast Within. His most recently film work includes the leading role in Daybreak, an upcoming independent feature film. Mr. Clemens, a Poe scholar, appeared in a recent A&E Biography episode, The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe, which also featured his own artwork. More than 20 years of passionate research into the life and works of Poe has culminated in the creation of Once Upon a Midnight.

Ron Magid
This evening is the result of a lifelong love for the stroies and poems of E. A. Poe. But history has often provided the richest vein for Ron's theatrical talents. His first play, Dracula Tyrannus - the Tragical History of Vlad the Impaler, won the Mrs. Anne Radcliffe Award for its original production at the Globe Playhouse. Ron in currently working on Poison Play, an examination of love, corruption and witchcraft in the court of Louis XIV. With Paul Day Clemens, he wrote Dominion, an action-adventure screenplay; The Manager, a psycho-comedy; and the supernatural thriller Angels of Mercy. He also wrote 'The Butcher' episode of Friday the 13th - The Series. Ron serves as Special Effects Editor for American Cinematographer and Cinescape magazines, and is currently writing Movie Magic episodes for the Discovery Channel.

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