BIOGRAPHY:
Rhodes and Emmy nominated writer, composer, director, and social impact producer best known for the Jeff-Award winning musical “The Civility of Albert Cashier.” In theater and film, he was a Finalist for the Relentless Awards, London Film Awards, Script Pipeline, Grenada Artist in Residence at UC Davis, and produced the social justice film “Kenneth Chamberlain” with Executive Producer Morgan Freeman. Select projects include: Gulliver’s Travels, Hills On Fire, The Promise at Sideshow Theater Chicago, In the Jungle of Cities at Howard Brown Health Center, and Veronica at the Greenhouse Theater Chicago.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
A Rhodes Scholar nominee, Wooden studied Modern Literature and Critical Theory with the SCIO program at the University of Oxford England, and is a graduate of Ball State University. He has presented research on the entertainment industry and the humanities at the University of Oxford England, IFP Chicago, Kingston University, Wheatstone Academy, and the Screen Actors Guild. He also is a guest moderator and creative feedback consultant/instructor for the Screen Actors Guild in Chicago and IFP Chicago.