Donald Ray Schwartz has published nearly 200 works, including essays, articles, reviews and criticisms, a novella, and non-fiction works. Lillian Russell: A Bio-Bibliography, in collaboration with Anne Bowbeer, is considered the definitive resource on the late 19th and early 20th centuries' chanteuse and a significant contribution to that period of American theater in general. Noah's Ark: An Annotated Encyclopedia of All the Animal Species in the Hebrew Bible was the Jewish Book Club selection of the month in the year it was published and is still considered the definitive resource for that subject.
His play, Review, won the Sarasota (Florida) Theatre National Playwriting Contest. His epic poem, The Cross-Country Run of Jennifer X Dreifus, won the Mellen National Epic Poetry Contest. He won the second-place award in the New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Contest for The Prosecutor's Witness. His sabbatical monograph about Philo Farnsworth's invention of television, published by CCBC, is available online as an e-book, and now in print form from Amazon. His other books of fiction include a character as memoir, Hearts, and a science-fiction novel in collaboration with Steven Evans, Deeptide...Vents of Fire.
Professor Schwartz has directed or produced over 40 main stage productions, including full stage musicals. He has directed television commercials. He has featured cameo roles in two independent major motion pictures. He was a featured performer for Nebraska public television's industrial film series.
Professor Schwartz was appointed a judge for the Miss Teen America (Nebraska) for 4 years; he currently has been appointed a judge for the Baltimore Playwrights Festival Contest.
Donald Ray Schwartz is associate professor of speech, theatre, and mass communication {Motion Pictures} (retired) at CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County). His graduated students that he coached acting (stage and screen) are now successfully pursuing their careers in New York, Los Angeles, and national touring companies.
Donald Ray Schwartz resides in Baltimore County, Maryland, with his wife, Ann.
