Evans, Hal: - hal evans began writing as a teenager in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. When shortening his name for acting, he adopted lower case letters in homage to e. e. cummings. His acting career includes roles in film, television, and theatre, and his directing credits number more than 160 productions. He founded the critically acclaimed educational theatre company Troupe d' Jour, providing curriculum-based EnterActive(c) performances, as well as pioneering techniques in arts integration that teach core subject content through arts-related activities. His Midsummer Shakespeare Company has trained thousands of young actors. evans is the author of two volumes of award-nominated children's poetry, two dozen produced plays, and numerous songs. He began Come Day in Night as a one-act play script before the pandemic of 2020 afforded time to transform the story into a novel, his first.