Harvey Perr was born in New York City. He was an original member of the Playwrights Unit, which presented his The Night Little Girl Blue Made Her Social Debut, Upstairs Sleeping, and Birthday’s at Noon.
He taught playwriting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and was a drama critic for the Los Angeles Free Press. In 1969 he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Distinguished Circle Award for Distinguished Playwriting for Rosebloom. Cafe La Mama in Paris produced his Spies, and Adventures of Jack and Max was performed by Actors Studio West.
His teleplay The War Widow was produced for KCET’s Vision Series. The Mark Taper Forum has produced Jew!, Rosebloom and Scandalous Memories, as well as Afternoon Tea which has also been done at the Hartford Stage Company and the Circle Repertory Theater.
