Scott Merrifield:  

Life After high-school, I stuck around in Twin Falls for about a year. During that time, I dropped my adopted last name, Perkins, which was my stepfather's last name, and returned to that of my father- Merrifield. In 1988, I decided to join the Army (that G.I.Bill just sounded too good). I was married while in the army, and had a daughter, Amanda. I divorced in 1992. I just recently remarried, and my wife and I live in the denver suburbs with my daughter, who is now 15. School I have many good memories from High School. Some of my favorites are touring with the Madrigals, running for Student Body president (amazing how funny of a speech Adam Forbes can help you write when you've both had a few Big Gulps...anyone remember the "Dare to be Ordinary" campaign?), going to All State and All Northwest Chior and Boys State, racing Danny Gillman down Falls in my Renault Le Car on the way to the county fair, hanging out at Joe Seaich's with Adam, Sean, Anthony, Dave, Mike, Lance College I attended Metropolitan State College in Denver through 1997, working on my degree in History, with a minor in creative writing. It was during that time that I wrote my first play, "Desert Air", a story about a group of soldiers running a pirate radio station in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War (fairly autobiographical). It was produced in Denver at the Changing Scene Theatre, and then later produced in Chicago. I moved to Chicago with big dreams of becoming the next Neil Simon, and during the next 2 years wrote two more plays, "When It Snows in July", and "Driving In from Yesterday". All of them met with average critical success, and almost...Expand for more