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Brooke Berman

BROOKE BERMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  

Brooke Berman. Brooke Berman's work has been produced at the Second Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, the Play Company, the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, SPF, the Round Table ensemble, and Naked angels. Readings and workshops include both the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre in London, the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, the Children's Theatre Company, A.S.K. Theater Projects, Rattlestick, the Hourglass Group, the Women's Project, the Denver Center Theater Company, Soho Rep, HeRe, Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Juilliard School. Upcoming productions include the world premiere of Hunting and Gathering at Primary Stages in NYC, February 2008. Brooke is the recent recipient of a Berilla Kerr award, and has received a Helen Merrill award, two Francesca Primus awards, a Lila acheson Wallace American Playwrights Fellowship at the Juilliard School, two Lecomte du Nouy awards, and a commissioning grant from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Ms. Berman was Director of the Playwrights Lab the MCC Youth Company, where she taught playwriting to New York City public high school students. She is a member of New Dramatists, Rising Phoenix Rep, and the Dramatists Guild, and is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

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

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         1300 Lafayette East         Absolution         Amazing         Bliss         Bloody Thanksgiving         Cake         Casual Encounters         Dancing With A Devil         Defusion         Free Man In Paris, A         French Toast And Parsley         Hunting And Gathering         Hurricane         Jesus Year, The         Motherhood Out Loud         My New Best Friend         Out Of the Water         Perfect Couple, A         Playing House         Quiet Bar, A         Sam And Lucy         Smashing         Srange Kindness         Triple Happiness         Until We Find Each Other         Wonderland

1300 Lafayette East

Synopsis:
A black singer and a Jewish housewife become friends when they move next door to each other

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Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Absolution

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Amazing

Synopsis:
Three friends discover passion

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bliss

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Genre:
10 - 15 min short

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Bloody Thanksgiving

Synopsis:
This Thanksgiving, Nina leaves New York City to visit her obituary-obsessed grandmother and cranky aunt. She quickly begins to regret the decision, especially when her grandmother's refUSAl to give her the car keys has Nina seeing red in more ways than one. a clever and quirky comedy about the mysteries of what makes us want to go home again.

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1st Produced:
New Georges Performathon (New York, NY, United States)     1998

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
10 min Dark comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  3 females

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Cake

Synopsis:
Alice is approaching her 30th birthday when she meets 20 year old Benjamin and starts an affair

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1st Produced:
Julliard    

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Casual Encounters

Synopsis:
Jamie and Austin each look for love and sex online and find more than they bargained for. A meditation on contemporary social and sexual mores and loneliness.

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Casual Encounters had an earlier workshop at New Dramatists

1st Produced:
Jimmy's #43 as part of Rising Phoenix Rep's Cino Nights     2011

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/casual-encounters   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dancing With A Devil

Synopsis:
Unspeakable moments, too painful for words, transform a young woman's life through a graceful dance that leads to the point of no return.

Notes:
part of Life Under 30

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Organisations:
the Humana Festival, actors Theater of Louisville as part of "Life Under Thirty".

1st Published:
Humana Festival 1999: the Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1999
in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 5, Samuel French NY   -

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Genre:
10 - 15 min short

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Defusion

Synopsis:
an affair carried out by e-mail

Notes:
there is Also A ten minute version of this play.

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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Backstage Book Of New American Short Plays 2004" edited by Craig Lucas; published by Back Stage,    -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Free Man In Paris, A

Synopsis:
Isa listens to Joni Mitchell and spends her nights smoking cigarettes and driving through "the emerald City" with her punk rock best friend, JT. Nothing's simple for Isa, but in this poetic evocation of late teen-hood, friendship can ease anything. Can't it?

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1st Produced:
The Roundtable Ensemble (New York, NY, United States)     2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
20 min Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1 male, 2 females (3-4 actors possible: 1-2 males, exactly 2 females)

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French Toast And Parsley

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Part of the Spring Fling: 8 Brand New Plays. F*It Club presents A program of eight new short plays: French Toast And Parsley by Brooke Berman, Drunk by Bekah Brunstetter, A Short, Sad Biography of the Magician's Assistant by Ashlin Halfnight, Our Trip to Ohio by Greg Keller, Minotaur Scavenger Huntby Caroline V. McGraw, Come Here by Isaac Oliver, We Have the Music by Mark Schultz, And If by Anna Ziegler.

1st Produced:
Irt, 154 Christopher Street #3B     21 Apr 2011

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short play

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Hunting And Gathering

Hunting And Gathering
follows four interconnected New Yorkers through their thwarted attempts to find their place-without compromise. Jesse has his first date since his divorce, his ex-lover Ruth is living a fantasy, his brother astor is the 'man with the van', and Bess has a plan to come out on top. Brooke Berman's contemporary play begs the question: Do you have to be a predator to survive?
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Broadway Play Publishers 2008   978-0881454055

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hurricane

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Jesus Year, The

Synopsis:
Thirty-three year old Max (in his Jesus year) lives in New York. His life is spiralling out of control. He moves to Los Angeles to start a new life

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Motherhood Out Loud

Synopsis:
Utterly unpredictable, Motherhood Out Loud shatters traditional notions about parenthood, unveils its inherent comedy and celebrates the deeply personal truths that span and unite generations. Motherhood Out Loud reveals with illuminating insight the humor, raw emotions and rocky roads we experience in life.
- nytheatre.com

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Written by Leslie Ayvazian, Brooke Berman, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik,Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Annie Weisman And Cheryl L. West.

1st Produced:
59e59 theaters
59 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022     04 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Primary Stages

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    978-0822225898

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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My New Best Friend

Synopsis:
Sevrin and Claire swap apartments for the summer. Claire starts to suspect that Sevrin has not only taken over her apartment but is taking over her life too

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Out Of the Water

Synopsis:
A Manhattan family discover what family life really is

Notes:
Fresh Ink Reading Series. Aka "archduke Libertyville, the"

1st Produced:
Workshopped At 45th Street Theatre, NY     2006

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Primary Stages

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Perfect Couple, A

Synopsis:
a Perfect Couple is a story about three best friends-amy, Issac and Emma-and their young next door neighbor, Josh. after 15 years of dating/living together/taking breaks and now, moving upstate, amy and Isaac are finally tying the knot. Emma, their single best friend, has decided to get out of the city and join them for a summer weekend in the country. Over the long weekend, secrets are revealed and bonds are tested, forcing these friends to discover who they are now, versus who they thought they would become
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Developed At the National theatre Studio in London And subsequently At New Dramatists in New York City And through WeT

1st Produced:
-     2008

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1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishing    -

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Playing House

Synopsis:
Cory, in love with her homosexual greencard husband David, confronts depression and alternative notions of family while living in a loft in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) with the two people she loves best. How do you let go of the only real family you've known?

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1st Produced:
Juilliard School (Reading) (New York, NY, United States)     2000

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
75-90 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 males, 3 females (6 actors possible: 3-4 males, 2-3 females)

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Quiet Bar, A

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Genre:
10 - 15 min short

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Sam And Lucy

Synopsis:
Lucy has trouble with her mother's lover and ghosts

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Developed through MCC theater Playwrights Lab, workshopped At Arielle Tepper's SPF And later At the Cleveland Playhouse in Cleveland, OH.

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

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Genre:
full length Black comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Smashing

Smashing
Clea and Abby go to London. Clea is searching for Madonna. Abby to get revenge on the novelist who plagiarised her work

Notes:
Developed At the Eugene O' Neill theater Center

1st Produced:
-     2003

Organisations:
the Play Company

1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishers 2010   978-0881454345

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Genre:
full length

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Srange Kindness

Synopsis:
Sarah thinks she is Blanche Dubois and that her mother, Audrey Hepburn is living in a trailer park.

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Triple Happiness

Synopsis:
a washed out Hollywood star crashes at her Westchester friends' home. She is soon flirting with the husband and then the son when he returns from college

Notes:
Developed with Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab And the Hourglass Group in New York City

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
the Second Stage

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Genre:
full length Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Until We Find Each Other

Synopsis:
Until We Find each Other is a touching and darkly comic story of three cousins with uncanny psychic abilities. Sophy thinks she's the holy whore, Miriam runs from the family, and Justin tries to keep them all together. the play follows them as they embark on a strange road trip in order to say goodbye. Until We Find each Other explores themes of family, mysticism, sex, and Jewish identity.

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Developed At the Eugene O'Neill theater Center And through MCC theater in NYC

1st Produced:
-     2002

Organisations:
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

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Genre:
full length

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wonderland

Synopsis:
Mia, an aspiring performance artist in New York City, is tapped to fly out to L.a. to develop a show based on herself. a rocky start quickly morphs into a dizzying dreamland where all of her wishes are coming true. But no amount of glitz can satisfy Mia, as she meets an array of bizarre lost angels -- along with a pop culture Jesus (who's also currently in development). In a world where fame has replaced sacraments, how does one best spread Light? a surreal dark comedy about spirituality, fame, and hunger.

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1st Produced:
Echo Theatre (Reading) (Dallas, Tx, United States)     2009

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
90-100 min Dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  5 males, 5 females, 1 either (9-12 actors possible: 4-6 males, 5-6 females)

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