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Sam Graber

SAM GRABER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Sam Graber has become widely heralded as the world's skinniest playwright. His plays have been produced by Abingdon Theatre (off-off-Broadway), Seven Stories Theatre (WV), Box Wine Theatre (MN), Mission Theatre (MN), Upstage Theatre (TX), Mildred's UmbrElla (TX), City Theatre of Independence (MO), the Driftwood Players (WA), Venture Theatre (MT), Love Creek Productions (NYC), Athe (DC), the Warner Theatre (CT), the Pulp Stage (OR), Radio Theater Project (FL), Center of the World (CA), and Between Us Productions (NYC). After FISH! the Musical! was taken to Las Vegas in 2009, one-acts the Future Of Hawaii, Summer Tough, Wedding Song and Unquestionable Evil were staged at various 2010 and 2011 national festivals, which got the ball rolling. His full-length In Congress with the Night received its 2012 debut at Seven Stories Theatre, and Lottery Play earned a Top Ten honor for the 2013 REva Shiner comedy award (Bloomington Playwrights Project). In 2013, What Happened to the Dollar, Modern Prophet and Freedom Tower will each receive mainstage inaugural performances. Yes, that's three new full-length plays for three different Theater companies in one year. Wish me luck. His work is published by Dramatic Publishing. He lives outside Minneapolis, MN where the temperature is 309 degrees colder than wherever you are. His mother wants him to eat more.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Conducting Business         Don't Hang Up         Driving Herd         Ed & Larry Are Red         Everything's Free!         Field Guide To Mating, The         Final Copy         Fish! the Musical!         Freedom Tower         Future Of Hawaii, The         Future Of Office Sex, The         Future Of Sincerity, The         Future Of Talk, The         Heavenly Unions         I Told You, It's Morning         In Congress With the Night         Just Three Words         Lottery Play         M Word, The         Modern Prophet         Presser         Push-Up         Random Acts of Health Care         Summer Tough         they Said         This Is A Hospital         To the NSA Agents Listening In On This Play         Unquestionable Evil         Wedding Song         What Happened to the Dollar         Yidene Of Rock, The

Conducting Business

Synopsis:
a young and eager upstart gets inducted into the world of modern business.

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Don't Hang Up

Synopsis:
On the eve of being committed to an eating disorder facility, a young girl calls a product hotline.

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10 Minute, performed At the 2012 International Independence theater Festival, Kansas City, MO

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Driving Herd

Synopsis:
Today's cowboy, driving his youngsters across the Mall Of America to reach the shoe store.

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Drama ten min

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Ed & Larry Are Red

Synopsis:
an examination of the political control by the few over the many, as imagined through two statisticians we all (didn't really) know. With a nod to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.

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Everything's Free!

Synopsis:
Everythings Free! follows a young couple facing financial ruin. They receive a strange and mysterious offer: a credit card which can be used anywhere, for any amount, and doesnt require any payment. We follow Tyler and Mackenzie as they navigate the joys and consequences of spending like they will never get the bill. Some Conditions Apply&what would you do?

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1st Produced:
SPACE, 550 Vandalia Street, Suite 306, St Paul, 55114     23 Apr 2016

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Mission Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Field Guide To Mating, The

Synopsis:
a male homosapien consults the field guide to bypass the dating scene and dive right into the mating scene.

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Comedy one act

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Final Copy

Synopsis:
an obituary writer becomes cursed with the ability to see direct into the abject hearts and minds of human atrocity.

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Drama ten min

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Fish! the Musical!

Synopsis:
an office staff overcomes many hilarious obstacles in their race to nab the proverbial fish and sign up a big client.

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1st Produced:
Las Vegas     2009

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Charthouse Learning

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Genre:
one act musical comedy

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Freedom Tower

Synopsis:
High above New York City, construction is furiously paced to erect the new One World Trade Center, as the storied ironworkers use strength and grit to keep America's ambitious skyscraper climbing to the clouds. But when a materials elevator crashes, all work is temporarily put on hold until the city building inspector arrives. And the building inspector is a Muslim.

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Morgantown, Wv     01 Oct 2013

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Seven Stories Theatre Company

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Genre:
Full Length Drama, Three Acts, 110 Minutes

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Future Of Hawaii, The

Synopsis:
the lives of two men are wrapped up in Tea Party politics, where history erases history.

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Minneapolis, Mn     2010

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Box Wine Theatre

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Comedy 10 min

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Future Of Office Sex, The

Synopsis:
In which policy change results in new ways to have sex at work.

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Comedy 10 min

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Future Of Sincerity, The

Synopsis:
a man proposes to his girlfriend and she reveals a secret.

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Future Of Talk, The

Synopsis:
Technology changes how we talk. . .in the future.

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Comedy 10 min

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Heavenly Unions

Synopsis:
a man discovers that the afterlife is unionized.

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Comedy 15 min

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I Told You, It's Morning

Synopsis:
a Father attempts to exit the immobilizing obligation of caring for an elderly parent.

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Drama ten min

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In Congress With the Night

Synopsis:
a Father sees his son thieve the family car only to learn that the car was used in a vehicular homicide. amidst the crumbling artifice of American suburbia, a Father wrestles with how far he will go to protect his son.

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1st Produced:
Morgantown, Wv     01 Jun 2012

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Seven Stories Theatre Company

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Genre:
Drama, 3 acts

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Just Three Words

Synopsis:
Two lovers play a word game on Valentine's Day.

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Comedy 10 min

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Lottery Play

Synopsis:
Lottery Play examines today's obsession with overnight enrichment, and imagines the emotional fallout when riches are stripped not just from our dreams but from our very hands.

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Comedy, 3 acts

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M Word, The

Synopsis:
a husband and wife discuss the 'm' word.

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Comedy 10 min

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Modern Prophet

Synopsis:
Against the backdrop of the Minnesota sand mining boom, an energy scavenger and his sister arrive at the river headwaters just east of Jordan. they soon learn they are not alone. A strange man is roaming the woods at night. He claims his name is Elijah and he carries the power of God. Modern Prophet questions the nature of belief and explores the crossroads where God's will ends and human responsibility begins.

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis, Mn     01 Nov 2013

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Mission Theater Company

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Genre:
Full Length Drama, Two Acts, 100 Minutes

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Presser

Synopsis:
an athlete and his agent struggle over responding to gossip by asking for forgiveness, even if they don't mean it.

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Drama ten min

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Push-Up

Synopsis:
the assistant picture taker at the DMV, in search of the perfect push-up.

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Comedy 10 min

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Random Acts of Health Care

Synopsis:
A single Mom is desperate to have a Doctor diagnose her sick infant son. A political satire on the new federal health care mandate.

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1st Produced:
The Producers Club, NYC     01 Apr 2013

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Love Creek Productions

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Genre:
one act comedy

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Summer Tough

Synopsis:
a young college student goes to sea for a woman.

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Venture Theatre, Mt    

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Drama ten min

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they Said

Synopsis:
an outbreak and a reliance on what they said.

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Drama ten min

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This Is A Hospital

Synopsis:
A grandmother is given a lethal diagnosis by a young intern.

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1st Produced:
Independence, Mo     01 Jul 2013

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City Theatre of Independence

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one act drama

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To the NSA Agents Listening In On This Play

Synopsis:
A welcoming preamble for any festival of short plays presented to a theater-loving audience.

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Comedy 10 min

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Unquestionable Evil

Synopsis:
DWaYNe and CHaRLeNe enlist their little Johnny to infiltrate the wedding of a US Senator and reveal hotels as the evil force behind the global energy crisis.

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Minneapolis, Mn     2011

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Box Wine Theater

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Genre:
farce ten min

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Wedding Song

Synopsis:
a groom is transported by an ancient song during the first dance of his wedding reception.

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Drama ten min

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What Happened to the Dollar

Synopsis:
A small team of online gamers creates a virtual currency that turns into real-world money, destabilizes the global banking system and that crashes the U.S. dollar. A take on the Federal Reserve in honor of its centennial. With laughs.

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Minneapolis, Mn     01 May 2013

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Box Wine Theatre

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Genre:
Full Length Comedy, Two Acts, 95 Minutes

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Yidene Of Rock, The

Synopsis:
an old Hollywood seer provides rock bands with their names.

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Genre:
Comedy 10 min

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