Ian Walker: Playwright "A restlessly inventive pen" ~  San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2007  "One of the Bay Area's most promising emerging playwrights" ~ Oakland Tribune, 2006 One of Five "Hot African-American Artists" ~ Theatre Bay Area Magazine, 2007 "An intriguing, emerging writer" ~ San Francisco Chronicle, 2006   Winner of the International Larry Corse Prize, the John Golden Prize, and a Bay One-Acts Festival Award for Best Play, Ian Walker has worked as a professional actor, director, designer, and playwright for the past 19 years.  From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Walker worked as an educational script writer for the West Oakland Health Center's video project.  In 1998, The Actor's Collective produced the world premiere of Mr. Walker's first play, Killing Time, at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco.  During the same year, his screenplay, Under a White Paradise, was purchased by Idyllwild Productions, Inc., an independent film company.  Subsequent plays have been performed by The Actor's Collective, Second Wind Productions, Luna Stage, Columbus University, Three Wise Monkeys, Theatre Inspirato (Toronto), The Deptford Players, and Theaterfest among others.  He is the winner of the 2006 international Larry Corse Prize, the 2000 John Golden Prize, a 2006 Bay One-Acts Festival Award for Best Play, and three Best of Fringe, San Francisco, awards.  In 1996, he was awarded a Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Sound Design for his work on TheatreWork's Blues for an Alabama Sky.  His original plays include Meadowland, Black Lies, Vigilance, Ghost in the Light, The Stone Trilogy, A Beautiful Home for the Incurable, and The Gravedigger's Tango. The San Francisco Examiner raves about The Gravedigger's Tango, the West Coast Premiere of his international prize winning play.  Read the review here. Ian Walker was recently interviewed on "Cool As Hell Theatre".  Listen to the clip:    Part 1          Part 2

His critically acclaimed and award winning plays, Vigilance, Ghost in the Light, and The Stone Trilogy are avaliable through your local bookstore, Amazon.com , BarnesandNoble.com, and other online book sellers. Just released in paperback!  A Beautiful Home for the Incurable.