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BROOKE BERMAN |
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Nationality: Asian American Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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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.
Plays by Brooke Berman
Amazing | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83967 | |||
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Genre: | Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three friends discover passion | |||||
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Bliss | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83968 | |||
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Genre: | 10 - 15 min short | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Bloody Thanksgiving | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Georges Performathon (New York, NY, United States) | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80318 | |||
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Genre: | 10 min Dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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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Cake | ||
| 1st Produced: | Julliard | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83969 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Alice is approaching her 30th birthday when she meets 20 year old Benjamin and starts an affair | |||||
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Dancing With A Devil | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | 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 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3042 | |||
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Genre: | 10 - 15 min short | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | part of Life Under 30 | |||||
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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Defusion | ||
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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, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80319 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | There is also a ten minute version of this play. | |||||
Synopsis: | An affair carried out by e-mail | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Free Man in Paris, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Roundtable Ensemble (New York, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80320 | |||
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Genre: | 20 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 2 females (3-4 actors possible: 1-2 males, exactly 2 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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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French Toast and Parsley | ||
| 1st Produced: | IRT, 154 Christopher Street #3B | 21 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127128 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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Notes: | 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. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hunting and Gathering | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79918 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | 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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Jesus Year, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89273 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Out Of The Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshopped at 45th Street Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54535 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Fresh Ink Reading Series. aka "Archduke Libertyville, The" | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Perfect Couple, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2008 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishing | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83970 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Developed at the National Theatre Studio in London and subsequently at New Dramatists in New York City and through WET | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Playing House | ||
| 1st Produced: | Juilliard School (reading) (New York, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3043 | |||
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Genre: | 75-90 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 3 females (6 actors possible: 3-4 males, 2-3 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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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Quiet Bar, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83971 | |||
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Genre: | 10 - 15 min short | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Sam and Lucy | ||
| 1st Produced: | unproduced | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83972 | |||
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Genre: | full length Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Developed through MCC Theater Playwrights Lab, workshopped at Arielle Tepper's SPF and later at the Cleveland Playhouse in Cleveland, OH. | |||||
Synopsis: | Lucy has trouble with her mother's lover and ghosts | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Smashing | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2003 | ||||
Company: | The Play Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3044 | |||
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Genre: | full length | |||||
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Notes: | Developed at the Eugene O' Neill Theater Center | |||||
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Srange Kindness | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83973 | |||
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Genre: | Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sarah thinks she is Blanche Dubois and that her mother, Audrey Hepburn is living in a trailer park. | |||||
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Triple Happiness | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
Company: | The Second Stage | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80321 | |||
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Genre: | full length Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Developed with Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and The Hourglass Group in New York City | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Until We Find Each Other | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3045 | |||
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Genre: | full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and through MCC Theater in NYC | |||||
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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wonderland | ||
| 1st Produced: | Echo Theatre (reading) (Dallas, TX, United States) | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80322 | |||
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Genre: | 90-100 min Dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 5 males, 5 females, 1 either (9-12 actors possible: 4-6 males, 5-6 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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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