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Samuel Brett Williams

SAMUEL BRETT WILLIAMS  (1981 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  


Samuel Brett Williams hails from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he was raised in a strict Southern Baptist environment. He received his BA in English and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and his MFA in Playwriting from Rutgers University, where he studied under Lee Blessing. Brett's plays have been produced at Cherry Lane Theatre, Stageworks/Hudson, Mile Square Theatre, New Orleans Theatre Experiment, and the District of Columbia Arts Center. His plays have been selected for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, the Philadelphia New Play Festival, the New Plays from the New South Festival, and Best New American Plays 2004-2005 (published by Applause Books). Brett recently received the 2008 Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award. He is currently the playwright in residence at Playwrights' Theatre of New Jersey, and he is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Ars Nova Play Group. Brett teaches Screenwriting, Expository Writing, and Playwright/Director Relationship for Rutgers University. He is twenty-six years old.

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below is a list of Samuel Brett Williams's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Arkadelphia         Bobby Hebert         Derby Day         Fraternity         Missed Connections         Revelation         Revival, The         Trash Bag Tourist         Woodpecker, The

Arkadelphia

Synopsis:
Bobby returns to his hometown of Arkadelphia, Arkansas after a semester of college in Manhattan. Seeking refuge in two childhood friends, he ends up exposing a secret the small, religious town would rather keep buried. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams challenges the ideals of the South, the North, and everywhere in between.

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1st Produced:
State of Play Theatre    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Best New American Plays 2004-2005, 2008
Playscripts, Inc (2010)   -

Music:
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Genre:
short 35-40 min comedy drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bobby Hebert

Synopsis:
Two men sit on a rooftop discussing everything from Saved by the Bell to prison rape, all the while waiting for help that might never come.

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1st Produced:
Stageworks/Hudson    2007

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Derby Day

Synopsis:
It's Derby Day and the Ballard brothers have a luxury box at the Oaklawn Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Their father has just died, and Frank, the oldest, has flown down from Chicago to see the angry newlywed Ned and the ex-con Johnny. Over the course of one long day the Ballard boys destroy everything and everyone in their way-drinking, cursing, and revealing family secrets that might just tear them apart forever. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, love, and mortality in a dark comedy that culminates in a race that you will never forget.

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1st Produced:
Levin Theatre    2006

Organisations:
Rutgers University

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Genre:
dark comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fraternity

Synopsis:
Chad and Mark were the High School nerds. Now at university they are desperate to fit in and become members of Sigma Alpha Sigma

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1st Produced:
New York Theatre Workshop    -

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Missed Connections

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Part of A program of short plays And killer live music inspired by Ads for the ones that got Away. Featuring plays by Annie Baker, Bekah Brunstetter, Dylan Dawson, Kristoffer Diaz, Zayd Dohrn, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steven Levenson, Matthew Lopez, Janine Nabers, And Samuel Brett Williams, All of the play titles Are taken directly from Actual Craigslist Missed Connections Ads.
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY    26 Jan 2010

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Genre:
short play

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Revelation

Synopsis:
Brandon has been brought up to expect the Rapture. His mother buys him a survival kit for Christmas - canned food, bottled water and a Bible. When the entire state of Ohio get boils and the Hudson River turns to blood. Brandon heads to Arkadelphia in Arkansas hoping to find the new JerUSAlem there

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1st Produced:
Playwrights Theatre, New Jersey    -

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Revival, The

Synopsis:
A Harvard-educated son of a Southern Baptist preacher returns to his Arkansas hometown to rebuild his father's congregation. Under pressure to grow the congregation to compete with neighboring mega-Churches, the young Pastor seizes an opportunity to cleanse a mysterious stranger of his homosexuality, becoming an overnight evangelical superstar. But at what cost?
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Lion Theatre
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    14 Sep 2010

Organisations:
Project Y Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Trash Bag Tourist

Samuel Brett Williams
The Trash Bag Tourist portrays the relationship between ancient, manipulative Dorothy and her rundown, rodeo clown daughter Molly. They are both stuck in a wheel-less trailer in Arkadelphia, Arkansas when a Katrina victim (Chuck) shows up, threatening their already hostile relationship. Chuck has dreams of getting a FEMA trailer and becoming a professional wrestler, but Dorothy has other plans. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams finds love in the lowest of circumstances, all the while exploring family, race, and the American Dream.

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1st Produced:
New Orleans Arts Center    2006

Organisations:
The New Orleans Theatre Experiment

1st Published:
in The Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010, Hal Leonard Corporation (August 1, 2011)   978-1557837622

Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Woodpecker, The

Synopsis:
It's Jimmy's last day before going to war, he's addicted to glue, his mom is seeing visions in the sweet potato casserole, and his wheelchair-bound dad can kick his ass. He turns to God for answers, and finds . . . an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, faith, and freedom in a dark comedy that blurs the lines between black and white and right and wrong.

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1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014    25 Mar 2008

Organisations:
The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc   -

Music:
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Genre:
comedy drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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