If these Winship walls could talk.

Howard Casner’s (BFA ’76) screenplays Rough Trade and Welcome to L.A. were recognized by Chicago’s 2011 Great Gay Screenplay Competition. A dark comedy in the vein of Swimming with the Sharks, Casner’s Welcome to L.A., was a top five finalist of the annual competition and received a staged reading last fall.

Casner moved in 2001 from Chicago to Los Angeles, where he has earned a reputation as a script consultant as well as providing coverage for several screenplay competitions and Here! Networks/ Regent Entertainment. His plays have been seen in Chicago, New York, and L.A. In 2002, he received a GLAAD nomination for best L.A. production for A Cold Coming We Had of It.